Data processing device and data processing method

ABSTRACT

The present technology relates to a data processing device and a data processing method, which are capable of securing excellent communication quality in data transmission using an LDPC code. In group-wise interleave, an LDPC code in which a code length N is 64800 bits and an encoding rate r is 7/15, 9/15, 11/15, or 13/15 is interleaved in units of bit groups of 360 bits. In group-wise deinterleave, a sequence of the LDPC code that has undergone the group-wise interleave is restored to an original sequence. For example, the present technology can be applied to a technique of performing data transmission using an LDPC code.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 16/142,867, filed Sep. 26, 2018, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 15/122,374, filed Aug. 29, 2016, now U.S. Pat. No. 10,164,661, issued Dec. 25, 2018, which is a National Stage of PCT/JP2015/055139, filed Feb. 24, 2015 and claims the benefit of priority under 35 U.S.C. 5119 of Japanese Patent Application No. 2014-042968, filed Mar. 5, 2014. The entire contents of each of the above-identified applications are incorporated herein by reference.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present technology relates to a data processing device and a data processing method, and more particularly, to a data processing device and a data processing method, which are capable of securing excellent communication quality in data transmission using an LDPC code, for example.

BACKGROUND ART

Some of the information disclosed in this specification and the drawings was provided by Samsung Electronics Co, Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Samsung), LG Electronics Inc., NERC, and CRC/ETRI (indicated in the drawings).

A low density parity check (LDPC) code has a high error correction capability, and in recent years, the LDPC code has widely been employed in transmission schemes of digital broadcasting such as Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB)-S.2, DVB-T.2, and DVB-C.2 of Europe and the like, or Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) 3.0 of the USA and the like (for example, see Non-Patent Document 1).

From a recent study, it is known that performance near a Shannon limit is obtained from the LDPC code when a code length increases, similarly to a turbo code. Because the LDPC code has a property that a shortest distance is proportional to the code length, the LDPC code has advantages of a block error probability characteristic being superior and a so-called error floor phenomenon observed in a decoding characteristic of the turbo code being rarely generated, as characteristics thereof.

CITATION LIST Non-Patent Document

-   Non-Patent Document 1: DVB-S.2: ETSI EN 302 307 V1.2.1 (2009-08)

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Problems to be Solved by the Invention

In data transmission using the LDPC code, for example, the LDPC code is converted into a symbol of an orthogonal modulation (digital modulation) such as Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (QPSK), and the symbol is mapped to a signal point of the orthogonal modulation and transmitted.

The data transmission using the LDPC code as described above has spread worldwide, and there is a demand to secure excellent communication (transmission) quality.

The present technology was made in light of the foregoing, and it is desirable to secure excellent communication quality in data transmission using the LDPC code.

Solutions to Problems

A first data processing device/method of the present technology includes: an encoding unit/step that performs LDPC encoding based on a parity check matrix of an LDPC code in which a code length N is 64800 bits and an encoding rate r is 7/15; a group-wise interleaving unit/step that performs group-wise interleave of interleaving the LDPC code in units of bit groups of 360 bits; and a mapping unit/step that maps the LDPC code to any one of 256 signal points decided in a modulation scheme in units of 8 bits, wherein, in the group-wise interleave, when an (i+1)-th bit group from a head of the LDPC code is indicated by a bit group i, a sequence of bit groups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64800 bits is interleaved into a sequence of bit groups

37, 98, 160, 63, 18, 6, 94, 136, 8, 50, 0, 75, 65, 32, 107, 60, 108, 17, 21, 156, 157, 5, 73, 66, 38, 177, 162, 130, 171, 76, 57, 126, 103, 62, 120, 134, 154, 101, 143, 29, 13, 149, 16, 33, 55, 56, 159, 128, 23, 146, 153, 141, 169, 49, 46, 152, 89, 155, 111, 127, 48, 14, 93, 41, 7, 78, 135, 69, 123, 179, 36, 87, 27, 58, 88, 170, 125, 110, 15, 97, 178, 90, 121, 173, 30, 102, 10, 80, 104, 166, 64, 4, 147, 1, 52, 45, 148, 68, 158, 31, 140, 100, 85, 115, 151, 70, 39, 82, 122, 79, 12, 91, 133, 132, 22, 163, 47, 19, 119, 144, 35, 25, 42, 83, 92, 26, 72, 138, 54, 124, 24, 74, 118, 117.168, 71, 109, 112, 106, 176, 175, 44, 145, 11, 9, 161, 96, 77, 174, 137, 34, 84, 2, 164, 129, 43, 150, 61, 53, 20, 165, 113, 142, 116, 95, 3, 28, 40, 81, 99, 139, 114, 59, 67, 172, 131, 105, 167, 51, and 86,

the LDPC code includes an information bit and a parity bit, the parity check matrix includes an information matrix portion corresponding to the information bit and a parity matrix portion corresponding to the parity bit, the information matrix portion is represented by a parity check matrix initial value table, and the parity check matrix initial value table is a table in which a position of a 1 element of the information matrix portion is indicated for every 360 columns, and includes

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42 50 66 2501 4706 6715 6970 8637 9999 14555 22776 26479 27442 27984 28534 29587 31309 31783 31907 31927 31934 32313 32369 32830 33364 33434 33553 33654 33725 33889 33962 34467 34482

6534 7122 8723 13137 13183 15818 18307 19324 20017 26389 29326 31464 32678 33668 34217

50 113 2119 5038 5581 6397 6550 10987 22308 25141 25943 29299 30186 33240 33399

7262 8787 9246 10032 10505 13090 14587 14790 16374 19946 21129 25726 31033 33660 33675

5004 5087 5291 7949 9477 11845 12698 14585 15239 17486 18100 18259 21409 21789 24280

28 82 3939 5007 6682 10312 12485 14384 21570 25512 26612 26854 30371 31114 32689

437 3055 9100 9517 12369 19030 19950 21328 24196 24236 25928 28458 30013 32181 33560

18 3590 4832 7053 8919 21149 24256 26543 27266 30747 31839 32671 33089 33571 34296

2678 4569 4667 6551 7639 10057 24276 24563 25818 26592 27879 28028 29444 29873 34017

72 77 2874 9092 10041 13669 20676 20778 25566 28470 28888 30338 31772 32143 33939

296 2196 7309 11901 14025 15733 16768 23587 25489 30936 31533 33749 34331 34431 34507

6 8144 12490 13275 14140 18706 20251 20644 21441 21938 23703 34190 34444 34463 34495

5108 14499 15734 19222 24695 25667 28359 28432 30411 30720 34161 34386 34465 34511 34522

61 89 3042 5524 12128 22505 22700 22919 24454 30526 33437 34114 34188 34490 34502

11 83 4668 4856 6361 11633 15342 16393 16958 26613 29136 30917 32559 34346 34504

3185 9728 25062

1643 5531 21573

2285 6088 24083

78 14678 19119

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1162 7118 23226

4791 33548 34096

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33 8736 16646

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21 572 2028

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22215 24195 34026

19975 26938 29374

16473 26777 34212

20 29260 32784

35 31645 32837

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12446 20649 26851

6796 10992 31061

0 46 8420

10 636 22885

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1 5604 28258

6071 18675 34489

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5067 31761 34415

3735 33534 34522

85 32829 34518

6555 23368 34559

22083 29335 29390

6738 21110 34316

120 4192 11123

3313 4144 20824

27783 28550 31034

6597 8164 34427

18009 23474 32460

94 6342 12656

17 31962 34535

15091 24955 28545

15 3213 28298

26562 30236 34537

16832 20334 24628

4841 20669 26509

18055 23700 34534

23576 31496 34492

10699 13826 34440.

In the first data processing device/method as described above, LDPC encoding is performed based on a parity check matrix of an LDPC code in which a code length N is 640800 bits and an encoding rate r is 7/15, group-wise interleave of interleaving the LDPC code in units of bit groups of 360 bits is performed, and the LDPC code is mapped to any one of 256 signal points decided in a modulation scheme in units of 8 bits. In the group-wise interleave, when an (i+1)-th bit group from a head of the LDPC code is indicated by a bit group i, a sequence of bit groups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64800 bits is interleaved into a sequence of bit groups

37, 98, 160, 63, 18, 6, 94, 136, 8, 50, 0, 75, 65, 32, 107, 60, 108, 17, 21, 156, 157, 5, 73, 66, 38, 177, 162, 130, 171, 76, 57, 126, 103, 62, 120, 134, 154, 101, 143, 29, 13, 149, 16, 33, 55, 56, 159, 128, 23, 146, 153, 141, 169, 49, 46, 152, 89, 155, 111, 127, 48, 14, 93, 41, 7, 78, 135, 69, 123, 179, 36, 87, 27, 58, 88, 170, 125, 110, 15, 97, 178, 90, 121, 173, 30, 102, 10, 80, 104, 166, 64, 4, 147, 1, 52, 45, 148, 68, 158, 31, 140, 100, 85, 115, 151, 70, 39, 82, 122, 79, 12, 91, 133, 132, 22, 163, 47, 19, 119, 144, 35, 25, 42, 83, 92, 26, 72, 138, 54, 124, 24, 74, 118, 117, 168, 71, 109, 112, 106, 176, 175, 44, 145, 11, 9, 161, 96, 77, 174, 137, 34, 84, 2, 164, 129, 43, 150, 61, 53, 20, 165, 113, 142, 116, 95, 3, 28, 40, 81, 99, 139, 114, 59, 67, 172, 131, 105, 167, 51, and 86.

The LDPC code includes an information bit and a parity bit, the parity check matrix includes an information matrix portion corresponding to the information bit and a parity matrix portion corresponding to the parity bit, the information matrix portion is represented by a parity check matrix initial value table, and the parity check matrix initial value table is a table in which a position of a 1 element of the information matrix portion is indicated for every 360 columns, and includes

7 15 26 69 1439 3712 5756 5792 5911 8456 10579 19462 19782 21709 23214 25142 26040 30206 30475 31211 31427 32105 32989 33082 33502 34116 34241 34288 34292 34318 34373 34390 34465

83 1159 2271 6500 6807 7823 10344 107001336714162 14242 14352 15015 17301 0.18952 20811 24974 25795 27868 28081 33077 33204 33262 33350 33516 33677 33680 33930 34090 34250 34290 34377 34398

25 2281 2995 3321 6006 7482 8428 11489 11601 14011 17409 26210 29945 30675 31101 31355 31421 31543 31697 32056 32216 33282 33453 33487 33696 34044 34107 34213 34247 34261 34276 34467 34495

0 43 87 2530 4485 4595 9951 11212 12270 12344 15566 21335 24699 26580 28518 28564 28812 29821 30418 31467 31871 32513 32597 33187 33402 33706 33838 33932 33977 34084 34283 34440 34473

81 3344 5540 7711 13308 15400 15885 18265 1.8632 22209 23657 27736 29158 29701 29845 30409 30654 30855 31420 31604 32519 32901 33267 33444 33525 33712 33878 34031 34172 34432 34496 34502 34541

42 50 66 2501 4706 6715 6970 8637 9999 14555 22776 26479 27442 27984 285.34 29587 31309 31783 31907 31927 31934 32313 32369 32830 33364 33434 33553 33654 33725 33889 33962 34467 34482

6534 7122 8723 13137 13183 15818 18307 19324 20017 26389 29326 31464 32678 33668 34217

50 113 21.19 5038 5581 6397 6550 10987 22308 25141 25943 29299 30186 33240 33399

7262 8787 9246 10032 10505 13090 14587 14790 16374 19946 21129 25726 31033 33660 33675

5004 5087 5291 7949 9477 11845 12698 14585 15239 17486 18100 18259 21409 21789 24280

28 82 3939 5007 6682 10312 12485 14384 21570 25512 26612 26854 30371 31114 32689

437 3055 9100 9517 12369 19030 19950 21328 24196 24236 25928 28458 30013 32181 33560

18 3590 4832 7053 8919 21149 24256 26543 27266 30747 31839 32671 33089 33571 34296

2678 4569 4667 6551 7639 10057 24276 24563 25818 26592 27879 28028 29444 29873 34017

72 77 2874 9092 10041 13669 20676 20778 25566 28470 28888 30338 31772 32143 33939

296 2196 7309 11901 14025 15733 16768 23587 25489 30936 31533 33749 34331 34431 34507

6 8144 0.12490 13275 14140 18706 20251 20644 21441 21938 23703 34190 34444 34463 34495

5108 14499 15734 19222 24695 25667 28359 28432 30411 30720 34161 34386 34465 34511 34522

61 89 3042 5524 12128 22505 22700 22919 24454 30526 33437 34114 34188 34490 34502

11 83 4668 4856 6361 11633 15342 16393 16958 26613 29136 30917 32559 34346 34504

3185 9728 25062

1643 5531 21573

2285 6088 24083

78 14678 19119

49 13705 33535

21192 32280 32781

10753 21469 22084

10082 11950 13889

7861 25107 29167

14051 34171 34430

706 894 8316

29693 30445 32281

10202 30964 34448

15815 32453 34463

4102 21608 24740

4472 29399 31435

1162 7118 23226

4791 33548 34096

1084 34099 34418

1765 20745 33714

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33 8736 16646

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285 6111 12643

27 1.0336 11586

21046 32728 34538

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19975 26938 29374

16473 26777 34212

20 29260 32784

35 31645 32837

26132 34410 34495

12446 20649 26851

6796 10992 31061

0 46 8420

10 636 22885

7183 16342 18305

1 5604 28258

6071 18675 34489

16786 25023 33323

3573 5081 10925

5067 31761 34415

3735 33534 34522

85 32829 34518

6555 23368 34559

22083 29335 29390

6738 21110 34316

120 4192 11123

3313 4144 20824

27783 28550 31034

6597 8164 34427

18009 23474 32460

94 6342 12656

17 31962 34535

15091 24955 28545

15 3213 28298

26562 30236 34537

16832 20334 24628

4841 20669 26509

18055 23700 34534

23576 31496 34492

10699 13826 34440.

A second data processing device/method of the present technology includes: a group-wise deinterleaving unit/step that restores a sequence of an LDPC code that has undergone group-wise interleave and has been obtained from data transmitted from a transmitting device to an original sequence, the transmitting device including an encoding unit that performs LDPC encoding based on a parity check matrix of an LDPC code in which a code length N is 64800 bits and an encoding rate r is 7/15, a group-wise interleaving unit that performs group-wise interleave of interleaving the LDPC code in units of bit groups of 360 bits, and a mapping unit that maps the LDPC code to any one of 256 signal points decided in a modulation scheme in units of 8 bits, wherein, in the group-wise interleave, when an (i+1)-th bit group from a head of the LDPC code is indicated by a bit group i, a sequence of bit groups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64800 bits is interleaved into a sequence of bit groups

37, 98, 160, 63, 18, 6, 94, 136, 8, 50, 0, 75, 65, 32, 107, 60, 108, 17, 21, 156, 157, 5, 73, 66, 38, 177, 162, 130, 171, 76, 57, 126, 103, 62, 120, 134, 154, 101, 143, 29, 13, 149, 16, 33, 55, 56, 159, 128, 23, 146, 153, 141, 169, 49, 46, 152, 89, 155, 111, 127, 48, 14, 93, 41, 7, 78, 135, 69, 123, 179, 36, 87, 27, 58, 88 170, 125, 110, 15, 97, 178, 90, 121, 173, 30, 102, 10, 80, 104, 1.66, 64, 4, 147, 1, 52, 45, 148, 68, 158, 31, 140, 100, 85, 115, 151, 70, 39, 82, 122, 79, 12, 91, 133, 132, 22, 163, 47, 19, 119, 144, 35, 25, 42, 83, 92, 26, 72, 138, 54, 124, 24, 74, 118, 117, 168, 71, 109, 112, 106, 176, 175, 44, 145, 11, 9, 161, 96, 77, 174, 137, 34, 84, 2, 164, 129, 43, 150, 61, 53, 20, 165, 113, 142, 116, 95, 3, 28, 40, 81, 99, 139, 11.4, 59, 67, 172, 131, 105, 167, 51, and 86,

the LDPC code includes an information bit and a parity bit, the parity check matrix includes an information matrix portion corresponding to the information bit and a parity matrix portion corresponding to the parity bit, the information matrix portion is represented by a parity check matrix initial value table, and the parity check matrix initial value table is a table in which a position of a 1 element of the information matrix portion is indicated for every 360 columns, and includes

7 15 26 69 1439 3712 5756 5792 5911 8456 10579 19462 19782 21709 23214 25142 26040 30206 30475 31211 31427 32105 32989 33082 33502 34116 34241 34288 34292 34318 34373 34390 34465

83 1159 2271 6500 6807 7823 10344 10700 13367 14162 14242 14352 15015 17301 18952 20811 24974 25795 27868 28081 33077 33204 33262 33350 33516 33677 33680 33930 34090 34250 34290 34377 34398

25 2281 2995 3321 6006 7482 8428 11489 11601 14011 17409 26210 29945 30675 31101 31355 31421 31543 31697 32056 32216 33282 33453 33487 33696 34044 34107 34213 34247 34261 34276 34467 34495

0 43 87 2530 4485 4595 9951 11212 12270 12344 15566 21335 24699 26580 28518 28564 28812 29821 30418 31467 31871 32513 32597 33187 33402 33706 33838 33932 33977 34084 34283 34440 34473

81 3344 5540 7711 13308 15400 15885 18265 18632 22209 23657 27736 29158 29701 29845 30409 30654 30855 31420 31604 32519 32901 33267 33444 33525 33712 33878 34031 34172 34432 34496 34502 34541

42 50 66 2501 4706 6715 6970 8637 9999 14555 22776 26479 27442 27984 28534 29587 31309 31783 31907 31927 31934 32313 32369 32830 33364 33434 33553 33654 33725 33889 33962 34467 34482

6534 7122 8723 13137 13183 15818 18307 19324 20017 26389 29326 31464 32678 33668 34237

50 113 2119 5038 5581 6397 6550 10987 22308 25141 25943 29299 30186 33240 33399

7262 8787 9246 10032 10505 13090 14587 14790 16374 19946 21129 25726 31033 33660 33675

5004 5087 5291 7949 9477 11845 12698 14585 15239 17486 18100 18259 21409 21789 24280

28 82 3939 5007 6682 10312 12485 14384 21570 25512 26612 26854 30371 31114 32689

437 3055 9100 9517 12369 19030 19950 21328 24196 24236 25928 28458 30013 32181 33560

18 3590 4832 7053 8919 21149 24256 26543 27266 30747 31839 32671 33089 33571 34296

2678 4569 4667 6551 7639 10057 24276 24563 25818 26592 27879 28028 29444 29873 34017

72 77 2874 9092 10041 13669 20676 20778 25566 28470 28888 30338 31772 32143 33939

296 2196 7309 11901 14025 15733 1.6768 23587 25489 30936 31533 33749 34331 34431 34507

6 8144 12490 13275 14140 18706 20251 20644 21441 21938 23703 34190 34444 34463 34495

5108 14499 15734 19222 24695 25667 28359 28432 30411 30720 34161 34386 34465 34511 34522

61 89 3042 5524 12128 22505 22700 22919 24454 30526 33437 34114 34188 34490 34502

11 83 4668 4856 6361 11633 15342 16393 16958 26613 29136 30917 32559 34346 34504

3185 9728 25062

1643 5531 21573

2285 6088 24083

78 14678 19119

49 13705 33535

21192 32280 32781

10753 21469 22084

10082 11950 13889

7861 25107 29167

14051 34171 34430

706 894 8316

29693 30445 32281

10202 30964 34448

15815 32453 34463

4102 21608 24740

4472 29399 31435

1162 7118 23226

4791 33548 34096

1084 34099 34418

1765 20745 33714

1302 21300 33655

33 8736 16646

53 18671 19089

21 572 2028

3339 11506 16745

285 6111 12643

27 10336 11586

21046 32728 34538

22215 24195 34026

19975 26938 29374

16473 26777 34212

20 29260 32784

35 31645 32837

26132 34410 34495

12446 20649 26851

6796 10992 31061

0 46 8420

10 636 22885

7183 16342 18305

1 5604 28258

6071 18675 34489

16786 25023 33323

3573 5081 10925

5067 31761 34415

3735 33534 34522

85 32829 34518

6555 23368 34559

22083 29335 29390

6738 21110 34316

120 4192 11123

3313 4144 20824

27783 28550 31034

6597 8164 34427

18009 23474 32460

94 6342 12656

17 31962 34535

15091 24955 28545

15 3213 28298

26562 30236 34537

16832 20334 24628

4841 20669 26509

18055 23700 34534

23576 31496 34492

10699 13826 34440.

In the second data processing device/method as described above, a sequence of an LDPC code that has undergone group-wise interleave and has been obtained from data transmitted from a transmitting device is restored to an original sequence, the transmitting device including an encoding unit that performs LDPC encoding based on a parity check matrix of an LDPC code in which a code length N is 64800 bits and an encoding rate r is 7/15, a group-wise interleaving unit that performs group-wise interleave of interleaving the LDPC code in units of bit groups of 360 bits, and a mapping unit that maps the LDPC code to any one of 256 signal points decided in a modulation scheme in units of 8 bits, wherein, in the group-wise interleave, when an (i+1)-th bit group from a head of the LDPC code is indicated by a bit group i, a sequence of bit groups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64800 bits is interleaved into a sequence of bit groups

37, 98, 160, 63, 18, 6, 94, 136, 8, 50, 0, 75, 65, 32, 107, 60, 108, 17, 21, 156, 157, 5, 73, 66, 38, 177, 162, 130, 171, 76, 57, 126, 103, 62, 120, 134, 154, 101, 143, 29, 13, 149, 16, 33, 55, 56, 159, 128, 23, 146, 153, 141, 169, 49, 46, 152, 89, 155, 111, 127, 48, 14, 93, 41, 7, 78, 135, 69, 123, 179, 36, 87, 27, 58, 88, 170, 125, 110, 15, 97, 178, 90, 121, 173, 30, 102, 10, 80, 104, 166, 64, 4, 147, 1, 52, 45, 148, 68, 158, 31, 140, 100, 85, 115, 151, 70, 39, 82, 122, 79, 12, 91, 133, 132, 22, 163, 47, 19, 119, 144, 35, 25, 42, 83, 92, 26, 72, 138, 54, 124, 24, 74, 118, 117, 168, 71, 109, 112, 106, 176, 175, 44, 145, 11, 9, 161, 96, 77, 174, 137, 34, 84, 2, 164, 129, 43, 150, 61, 53, 20, 165, 113, 142, 116, 95, 3, 28, 40, 81, 99, 139, 11.4, 59, 67, 172, 131, 105, 167, 51, and 86,

the LDPC code includes an information bit and a parity bit, the parity check matrix includes an information matrix portion corresponding to the information bit and a parity matrix portion corresponding to the parity bit, the information matrix portion is represented by a parity check matrix initial value table, and the parity check matrix initial value table is a table in which a position of a 1 element of the information matrix portion is indicated for every 360 columns, and includes

7 15 26 69 1439 3712 5756 5792 5911 8456 10579 19462 19782 21709 23214 25142 26040 30206 30475 31211 31427 32105 32989 33082 33502 34116 34241 34288 34292 34318 34373 34390 34465

83 1159 2271 6500 6807 7823 10344 10700 13367 14162 14242 14352 15015 17301 18952 20811 24974 25795 27868 28081 33077 33204 33262 33350 33516 33677 33680 33930 34090 34250 34290 34377 34398

25 2281 2995 3321 6006 7482 8428 11489 11601 14011 17409 26210 29945 30675 31101 31355 31421 31543 31697 32056 32216 33282 33453 33487 33696 34044 34107 34213 34247 34261 34276 34467 34495

0 43 87 2530 4485 4595 9951 11212 12270 12344 15566 21335 24699 26580 28518 28564 28812 29821 30418 31467 31871 32513 32597 33187 33402 33706 33838 33932 33977 34084 34283 34440 34473

81 3344 5540 7711 13308 15400 15885 18265 18632 22209 23657 27736 29158 29701 29845 30409 30654 30855 31420 31604 32519 32901 33267 33444 33525 33712 33878 34031 34172 34432 34496 34502 34541

42 50 66 2501 4706 6715 6970 8637 9999 14555 22776 26479 27442 27984 28534 29587 31309 31783 31907 31927 31934 32313 32369 32830 33364 33434 33553 33654 33725 33889 33962 34467 34482

6534 7122 8723 13137 13183 15818 18307 19324 20017 26389 29326 31464 32678 33668 34237

50 113 2119 5038 5581 6397 6550 10987 22308 25141 25943 29299 30186 33240 33399

7262 8787 9246 10032 10505 13090 14587 14790 16374 19946 21129 25726 31033 33660 33675

5004 5087 5291 7949 9477 11845 12698 14585 15239 17486 18100 18259 21409 21789 24280

28 82 3939 5007 6682 10312 12485 14384 21570 25512 26612 26854 30371 31114 32689

437 3055 9100 9517 12369 19030 19950 21328 24196 24236 25928 28458 30013 32181 33560

18 3590 4832 7053 8919 21149 24256 26543 27266 30747 31839 32671 33089 33571 34296

2678 4569 4667 6551 7639 10057 24276 24563 25818 26592 27879 28028 29444 29873 34017

72 77 2874 9092 10041 13669 20676 20778 25566 28470 28888 30338 31772 32143 33939

296 2196 7309 11901 14025 15733 1.6768 23587 25489 30936 31533 33749 34331 34431 34507

6 8144 12490 13275 14140 18706 20251 20644 21441 21938 23703 34190 34444 34463 34495

5108 14499 15734 19222 24695 25667 28359 28432 30411 30720 34161 34386 34465 34511 34522

61 89 3042 5524 12128 22505 22700 22919 24454 30526 33437 34114 34188 34490 34502

11 83 4668 4856 6361 11633 15342 16393 16958 26613 29136 30917 32559 34346 34504

3185 9728 25062

1643 5531 21573

2285 6088 24083

78 14678 19119

49 13705 33535

21192 32280 32781

10753 21469 22084

10082 11950 13889

7861 25107 29167

14051 34171 34430

706 894 8316

29693 30445 32281

10202 30964 34448

15815 32453 34463

4102 21608 24740

4472 29399 31435

1162 7118 23226

4791 33548 34096

1084 34099 34418

1765 20745 33714

1302 21300 33655

33 8736 16646

53 18671 19089

21 572 2028

3339 11506 16745

285 6111 12643

27 10336 11586

21046 32728 34538

22215 24195 34026

19975 26938 29374

16473 26777 34212

20 29260 32784

35 31645 32837

26132 34410 34495

12446 20649 26851

6796 10992 31061

0 46 8420

10 636 22885

7183 16342 18305

1 5604 28258

6071 18675 34489

16786 25023 33323

3573 5081 10925

5067 31761 34415

3735 33534 34522

85 32829 34518

6555 23368 34559

22083 29335 29390

6738 21110 34316

120 4192 11123

3313 4144 20824

27783 28550 31034

6597 8164 34427

18009 23474 32460

94 6342 12656

17 31962 34535

15091 24955 28545

15 3213 28298

26562 30236 34537

16832 20334 24628

4841 20669 26509

18055 23700 34534

23576 31496 34492

10699 13826 34440.

A third data processing device/method of the present technology includes: an encoding unit/step that performs LDPC encoding based on a parity check matrix of an LDPC code in which a code length N is 64800 bits and an encoding rate r is 9/15; a group-wise interleaving unit/step that performs group-wise interleave of interleaving the LDPC code in units of bit groups of 360 bits; and a mapping unit/step that maps the LDPC code to any one of 256 signal points decided in a modulation scheme in units of 8 bits: wherein, in the group-wise interleave, when an (i+1)-th bit group from a head of the LDPC code is indicated by a bit group i, a sequence of bit groups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64800 bits is interleaved into a sequence of bit groups

58, 70, 23, 32, 26, 63, 55, 48, 35, 41, 53, 20, 38, 51, 61, 65, 44, 29, 7, 2, 113, 68, 96, 104, 106, 89, 27, 0, 119, 21, 4, 49, 46, 100, 13, 36, 57, 98, 102, 9, 42, 39, 33, 62, 22, 95, 101, 15, 91, 25, 93, 132, 69, 87, 47, 59, 67, 124, 17, 11, 31, 43, 40, 37, 85, 50, 97, 140, 45, 92, 56, 30, 34, 60, 107, 24, 52, 94, 64, 5, 71, 90, 66, 103, 88, 86, 84, 19, 169, 159, 147, 126, 28, 130, 14, 162, 144, 166, 108, 153, 115, 135, 120, 122, 112, 139, 151, 156, 16, 172, 164, 123, 99, 54, 136, 81, 105, 128, 116, 150, 155, 76, 18, 142, 170, 175, 83, 146, 78, 109, 73, 131, 127, 82, 167, 77, 110, 79, 137, 1.52, 3, 173, 148, 72, 158, 117, 1, 6, 12, 8, 161, 74, 143, 133, 168, 171, 134, 163, 138, 121, 141, 160, 111, 10, 149, 80, 75, 165, 157, 174, 129, 145, 114, 125, 154, 118, 176, 177, 178, and 179,

the LDPC code includes an information bit and a parity bit, the parity check matrix includes an information matrix portion corresponding to the information bit and a parity matrix portion corresponding to the parity bit, the information matrix portion is represented by a parity check matrix initial value table, and the parity check matrix initial value table is a table in which a position of a 1 element of the information matrix portion is indicated for every 360 columns, and includes

113 1557 3316 5680 6241 10407 13404 13947 14040 14353 15522 15698 16079 17363 19374 19543 20530 22833 24339

271 1361 6236 7006 7307 7333 12768 15441 15568 17923 18341 20321 21502 22023 23938 25351 25590 25876 25910

73 605 872 4008 6279 7653 10346 10799 12482 12935 13604 15909 16526 19782 20506 22804 23629 24859 25600

1445 1690 4304 4851 8919 9176 9252 13783 16076 16675 17274 18806 18882 20819 21958 22451 23869 23999 24177

1290 2337 5661 6371 8996 10102 10941 11360 12242 14918 16808 20571 23374 24046 25045 25060 25662 25783 25913

28 42 1926 3421 3503 8558 9453 10168 15820 17473 19571 19685 22790 23336 23367 23890 24061 25657 25680

0 1709 4041 4932 5968 7123 8430 9564 10596 11026 14761 19484 20762 20858 23803 24016 24795 25853 25863

29 1625 6500 6609 16831 18517 18568 18738 19387 20159 20544 21603 21941 24137 24269 24416 24803 25154 25395

55 66 871 3700 11426 13221 15001 16367 17601 18380 22796 23488 23938 25476 25635 25678 25807 25857 25872

1 19 5958 8548 8860 11489 16845 1.8450 18469 19496 20190 23173 25262 25566 25668 25679 25858 25888 25915

7520 7690 8855 9183 14654 16695 17121 17854 18083 18428 19633 20470 20736 21720 22335 23273 25083 25293 25403

48 58 410 1299 3786 10668 18523 18963 20864 22106 22308 23033 23307 23128 23990 24286 24409 24595 25802

12 51 3894 6539 8276 10885 11644 12777 13427 14039 15954 17078 19053 20537 22863 24521 25087 25463 25838

3509 8748 9581 11509 15884 16230 17583 19264 20900 21001 21310 22547 22756 22959 24768 24814 25594 25626 25880

21 29 69 1448 2386 4601 6626 6667 10242 13143 13852 14137 18640 19951 22449 23454 24431 25512 25814

18 53 7890 9934 10063 16728 19040 19809 20825 21522 21800 23582 24556 25031 25547 25562 25733 25789 25906

4096 4582 5766 $894 6517 10027 12182 13247 15207 17041 18958 20133 20503 22228 24332 24613 25689 25855 25883

0 25 819 5539 7076 7536 7695 9532 13668 15051 17683 19665 20253 21996 24136 24890 25758 25784 25807

34 40 44 4215 6076 7427 7965 8777 11017 15593 19542 22202 22973 23397 23423 24418 24873 25107 25644

1595 6216 22850 25439

1562 15172 19517 22362

7508 12879 24324 24496

6298 15819 16757 18721

11173 15175 19966 21195

59 13505 16941 23793

2267 4830 12023 20587

8827 9278 13072 16664

14419 17463 23398 25348

6112 16534 20423 22698

493 8914 21103 24799

6896 12761 13206 25873

2 1380 12322 21701

11600 21306 25753 25790

8421 13076 14271 15401

9630 14112 19017 20955

212 13932 21781 25824

5961 9110 16654 19636

58 5434 9936 12770

6575 11433 19798

2731 7338 20926

14253 18463 25404

21791 24805 25869

2 11646 15850

6075 8586 23819

18435 22093 24852

2103 2368 11704

10925 17402 18232

9062 25061 25674

18497 20853 23404

18606 19364 19551

7 1022 25543

6744 15481 25868

9081 17305 25164

8 23701 25883

9680 19955 22848

56 4564 19121

5595 15086 25892

3174 17127 23183

19397 19817 20275

12561 24571 25825

7111 9889 25865

19104 20189 21851

549 9686 25548

6586 20325 25906

3224 20710 21637

641 15215 25754

13484 23729 25818

2043 7493 24246

16860 25230 25768

22047 24200 24902

9391 18040 19499

7855 24336 25069

23834 25570 25852

1977 8800 25756

6671 21772 25859

3279 6710 24444

24099 25117 25820

5553 12306 25915

48 11107 23907

10832 11974 25773

2223 17905 25484

16782 17135 20446

475 2861 3457

16218 22449 24362

11716 22200 25897

8315 15009 22633

13 20480 25852

12352 18658 25687

3681 14794 23703

30 24531 25846

4103 22077 24107

23837 25622 25812

3627 13387 25839

908 5367 19388

0 6894 25795

20322 23546 25181

8178 25260 25437

2449 13244 22565

31 18928 22741

1312 5134 14838

6085 13937 24220

66 14633 25670

47 22512 25472

8867 24704 25279

6742 21623 22745

147 9948 24178

8522 24261 24307

19202 22406 24609.

In the third data processing device/method as described above, LDPC encoding is performed based on a parity check matrix of an LDPC code in which a code length N is 64800 bits and an encoding rate r is 9/15, group-wise interleave of interleaving the LDPC code in units of bit groups of 360 bits is performed, the LDPC code is mapped to any one of 256 signal points decided in a modulation scheme in units of 8 bits. In the group-wise interleave, when an (i+1)-th bit group from a head of the LDPC code is indicated by a bit group i, a sequence of bit groups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64800 bits is interleaved into a sequence of bit groups

58, 70, 23, 32, 26, 63, 55, 48, 35, 41, 53, 20, 38, 51, 61, 65, 44, 29, 7, 2, 113, 68, 96, 104, 106, 89, 27, 0, 119, 21, 4, 49, 46, 100, 13, 36, 57, 98, 102, 9, 42, 39, 33, 62, 22, 95, 101, 15, 91, 25, 93, 132, 69, 87, 47, 59, 67, 124, 17, 11, 31, 43, 40, 37, 85, 50, 97, 140, 45, 92, 56, 30, 34, 60, 107, 24, 52, 94, 64, 5, 71, 90, 66, 103, 88, 86, 84, 19, 169, 159, 147, 126, 28, 130, 14, 162, 144, 166, 108, 153, 115, 135, 120, 122, 112, 139, 151, 156, 16, 172, 164, 123, 99, 54, 136, 81, 105, 128, 116, 150, 155, 76, 18, 142, 170, 175, 83, 146, 78, 109, 73, 131, 127, 82, 167, 77, 110, 79, 137, 152, 3, 173, 148, 72, 158, 117, 1, 6, 12, 8, 161, 74, 143, 133, 168, 171, 134, 163, 138, 121, 141, 160, 111, 10, 149, 80, 75, 165, 157, 174, 129, 145, 114, 125, 154, 118, 176, 177, 178, and 179.

The LDPC code includes an information bit and a parity bit, the parity check matrix includes an information matrix portion corresponding to the information bit and a parity matrix portion corresponding to the parity bit, the information matrix portion is represented by a parity check matrix initial value table, and the parity check matrix initial value table is a table in which a position of a 1 element of the information matrix portion is indicated for every 360 columns, and includes

113 1557 3316 5680 6241 10407 13404 13947 14040 14353 15522 15698 16079 17363 19374 19543 20530 22833 24339

271 1361 6236 7006 7307 7333 12768 15441 15568 17923 18341 20321 21502 22023 23938 25351 25590 25876 25910

73 605 872 4008 6279 7653 10346 10799 12482 12935 13604 15909 16526 19782 20506 22804 23629 24859 25600

1445 1690 4304 4851 8919 9176 9252 13783 16076 16675 17274 18806 18882 20819 21958 22451 23869 23999 24177

1290 2337 5661 6371 8996 10102 10941 11360 12242 14918 16808 20571 23374 24046 25045 25060 25662 25783 25913

28 42 1926 3421 3503 8558 9453 10168 15820 17473 19571 19685 22790 23336 23367 23890 24061 25657 25680

0 1709 4041 49.32 5968 7123 8430 9564 10596 11026 14761 19484 20762 20858 23803 24016 24795 25853 25863

29 1625 6500 6609 16831 18517 18568 18738 19387 20159 20544 21603 21941 24137 24269 24416 24803 25154 25395

55 66 871 3700 11426 13221 15001 16367 17601 18380 22796 23488 23938 25476 25635 25678 25807 25857 25872

1 19 5958 8548 8860 11489 16845 18450 18469 19496 20190 23173 25262 25566 25668 25679 25858 25888 25915

7520 7690 8855 9183 14654 16695 17121 17854 18083 18428 19633 20470 20736 21720 22335 23273 25083 25293 25403

48 58 410 1299 3786 10668 18523 18963 20864 22106 22308 23033 23107 23128 23990 24286 24409 24595 25802

12 51 3894 6539 8276 10885 11644 12777 13427 14039 15954 17078 19053 20537 22863 24521 25087 25463 25838

3509 8748 9581 11509 15884 16230 17583 19264 20900 21001 21310 22547 22756 22959 24768 24814 25594 25626 25880

21 29 69 1448 2386 4601 6626 6667 10242 13141 13852 14137 18640 19951 22449 23454 24431 25512 25814

18 53 7890 9934 10063 16728 19040 19809 20825 21522 21800 23582 24556 25031 25547 25562 25733 25789 25906

4096 4582 5766 5894 6517 10027 12182 13247 15207 17041 18958 20133 20503 22228 24332 24613 25689 25855 25883

0 25 819 5539 7076 7536 7695 9532 13668 15051 17683 19665 20253 21996 24136 24890 25758 25784 25807

34 40 44 4215 6076 7427 7965 8777 11017 15593 19542 22202 22973 23397 23423 24418 24873 25107 25644

1595 6216 22850 25439

1562 15172 19517 22362

7508 12879 24324 24496

6298 15819 16757 18721

11173 15175 19966 21195

59 13505 16941 23793

2267 4830 12023 20587

8827 9278 13072 16664

14419 17463 23398 25348

6112 16534 20423 22698

493 8914 21103 24799

6896 12761 13206 25873

2 1380 12322 21701

11600 21306 25753 25790

8421 13076 14271 15401

9630 14112 19017 20955

212 13932 21781 25824

5961 9110 16654 19636

58 5434 9936 12770

6575 11433 19798

2731 7338 20926

14253 18463 25404

21791 24805 25869

2 11646 15850

6075 8586 23819

18435 22093 24852

2103 2368 11704

10925 17402 18232

9062 25061 25674

18497 20853 23404

18606 19364 19551

7 1022 25543

6744 15481 25868

9081 17305 25164

8 23701 25883

9680 19955 22848

56 4564 19121

5595 15086 25892

3174 17127 23183

19397 19817 20275

12561 24571 25825

7111 9889 25865

19104 20189 21851

549 9686 25548

6586 20325 25906

3224 20710 21637

641 15215 25754

13484 23729 25818

2043 7493 24246

16860 25230 25768

22047 24200 24902

9391 18040 19499

7855 24336 25069

23834 25570 25852

1977 8800 25756

6671 21772 25859

3279 6710 24444

24099 25117 25820

5553 12306 25915

48 11107 23907

10832 11974 25773

2223 17905 25484

16782 17135 20446

475 2861 3457

16218 22449 24362

11716 22200 25897

8315 15009 22633

13 20480 25852

12352 18658 25687

3681 14794 23703

30 24531 25846

4103 22077 24107

23837 25622 25812

3627 13387 25839

908 5367 19388

0 6894 25795

20322 23546 25181

8178 25260 25437

2449 13244 22565

31 18928 22741

1312 5134 14838

6085 13937 24220

66 14633 25670

47 22512 25472

8867 24704 25279

6742 21623 22745

147 9948 24178

8522 24261 24307

19202 22406 24609.

A fourth data processing device/method of the present technology includes; a group-wise deinterleaving unit that restores a sequence of an LDPC code that has undergone group-wise interleave and has been obtained from data transmitted from a transmitting device to an original sequence, the transmitting device including an encoding unit that performs LDPC encoding based on a parity check matrix of an LDPC code in which a code length N is 64800 bits and an encoding rate r is 9/15, a group-wise interleaving unit that performs group-wise interleave of interleaving the LDPC code in units of bit groups of 360 bits, and a mapping unit that maps the LDPC code to any one of 256 signal points decided in a modulation scheme in units of 8 bits, wherein, in the group-wise interleave, when an (i+1)-th bit group from a head of the LDPC code is indicated by a bit group i, a sequence of bit groups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64800 bits is interleaved into a sequence of bit groups

58, 70, 23, 32, 26, 63, 55, 48, 35, 41, 53, 20, 38, 51, 61, 65, 44, 29, 7, 2, 113, 68, 96, 104, 106, 89, 27, 0, 119, 21, 4, 49, 46, 100, 13, 36, 57, 98, 102, 9, 42, 39, 33, 62, 22, 95, 101, 15, 91, 25, 93, 132, 69, 87, 47, 59, 67, 124, 17, 11, 31, 43, 40, 37, 85, 50, 97, 140, 45, 92, 56, 30, 34, 60, 107, 24, 52, 94, 64, 5, 71, 90, 66, 103, 88, 86, 84, 19, 169, 159, 147, 126, 28, 130, 14, 162, 144, 166, 108, 153, 115, 135, 120, 122, 112, 139, 151, 156, 16, 172, 164, 123, 99, 54, 136, 81, 105, 128, 116, 150, 155, 76, 18, 142, 170, 175, 83, 146, 78, 109, 73, 131, 127, 82, 167, 77, 110, 79, 137, 152, 3, 173, 148, 72, 158, 117, 1, 6, 12, 8, 161, 74, 143, 133, 168, 171, 134, 163, 138, 121, 141, 160, 111, 10, 149, 80, 75, 165, 157, 174, 129, 145, 114, 125, 154, 118, 176, 177, 178, and 179,

the LDPC code includes an information bit and a parity bit, the parity check matrix includes an information matrix portion corresponding to the information bit and a parity matrix portion corresponding to the parity bit, the information matrix portion is represented by a parity check matrix initial value table, and the parity check matrix initial value table is a table in which a position of a 1 element of the information matrix portion is indicated for every 360 columns, and includes

113 1557 3316 5680 6241 10407 13404 13947 1.4040 14353 15522 15698 16079 17363 19374 19543 20530 22833 24339

271 1361 6236 7006 7307 7333 12768 15441 15568 17923 18341 20321 21502 22023 23938 25351 25590 25876 25910

73 605 872 4008 6279 7653 10346 10799 12482 12935 13604 15909 16526 19782 20506 22804 23629 24859 25600

1445 1690 4304 4851 891.9 9176 9252 13783 16076 16675 17274 18806 18882 20819 21958 22451 23869 23999 24177

1290 2337 5661 6371 8996 10102 10941 11360 12242 14918 16808 20571 23374 24046 25045 25060 25662 25783 25913

28 42 1926 3421 3503 8558 9453 10168 15820 17473 19571 19685 22790 23336 23367 23890 24061 25657 25680

0 1709 4041 4932 5968 7123 8430 9564 10596 11026 14761 19484 20762 20858 23803 24016 24795 25853 25863

29 1625 6500 6609 16831 18517 18568 18738 19387 20159 20544 21603 21941 24137 24269 24416 24803 25154 25395

55 66 871 3700 11426 13221 15001 16367 17601 18380 22796 23488 23938 25476 25635 25678 25807 25857 25872

1 19 5958 8548 8860 11489 16845 18450 18469 19496 20190 23173 25262 25566 25668 25679 25858 25888 25915

7520 7690 8855 9183 14654 16695 17121 17854 18083 18428 19633 20470 20736 21720 22335 23273 25083 25293 25403

48 58 410 1299 3786 10668 18523 18963 20864 22106 22308 23033 23107 23128 23990 24286 24409 24595 25802

12 51 3894 6539 8276 10885 11644 12777 13427 14039 15954 17078 19053 20537 22863 24521 25087 25463 25838

3509 8748 9581 11509 15884 16230 17583 19264 20900 21001 21310 22547 22756 22959 24768 24814 25594 25626 25880

2129 69 1448 2386 4601 6626 6667 10242 13141 13852 14137 18640 19951 22449 23454 24431 25512 25814

18 53 7890 9934 10063 16728 19040 19809 20825 21522 21800 23582 24556 25031 25547 25562 25733 25789 25906

4096 4582 5766 5894 6517 10027 12182 13247 15207 17041 18958 20133 20503 22228 24332 24613 25689 25855 25883

0 25 819 5539 7076 7536 7695 9532 13668 15051 17683 19665 20253 21996 24136 24890 25758 25784 25807

34 40 44 4215 6076 7427 7965 8777 11017 15593 1.9542 22202 22973 23397 23423 24418 24873 25107 25644

1595 6216 22850 25439

1562 15172 19517 22362

7508 12879 24324 24496

6298 15819 16757 18721

11173 15175 19966 21195

59 13505 16941 23793

2267 4830 12023 20587

8827 9278 13072 16664

14419 17463 23398 25348

6112 16534 20423 22698

493 8914 21103 24799

6896 12761 13206 25873.

2 1380 12322 21701

11600 21306 25753 25794

8421 13076 14271 15401

9630 14112 19017 20955

212 13932 21781 25824

5961 9110 16654 19636

58 5434 9936 12770

6575 11433 19798

2731 7338 20926

14253 18463 25404

21791 24805 25869

2 11646 15850

6075 8586 23819

18435 22093 24852

2103 2368 11704

10925 17402 18232

9062 25061 25674

18497 20853 23404

18606 19364 19551

7 1022 25543

6744 15481 25868

9081 17305 25164

8 23701 25883

9680 19955 22848

56 4564 19121

5595 15086 25892

3174 17127 23183

19397 19817 20275

12561 24571 25825

7111 9889 25865

19104 20189 21851

549 9686 25548

6586 20325 25906

3224 20710 21637

641 15215 25754

13484 23729 25818

2043 7493 24246

16860 25230 25768

22047 24200 24902

9391 18040 19499

7855 24336 25069

23834 25570 25852

1977 8800 25756

6671 21772 25859

3279 6710 24444

24099 25117 25820

5553 12306 25915

48 11107 23907

10832 11974 25773

2223 17905 25484

16782 17135 20446

475 2861 3457

16218 22449 24362

11716 22200 25897

8315 15009 22633

13 20480 25852

12352 18658 25687

3681 14794 23703

30 24531 25846

4103 22077 24107

23837 25622 25812

3627 13387 25839

908 5367 19388

0 6894 25795

20322 23546 25181

8178 25260 25437

2449 13244 22565

31 18928 22741

1312 5134 14838

6085 13937 24220

66 14633 25670

47 22512 25472

8867 24704 25279

6742 21623 22745

147 9948 24178

8522 24261 24307

19202 22406 24609.

In the fourth data processing device/method as described above, a sequence of an LDPC code that has undergone group-wise interleave and has been obtained from data transmitted from a transmitting device is restored to an original sequence, the transmitting device including an encoding unit that performs LDPC encoding based on a parity check matrix of an LDPC code in which a code length N is 64800 bits and an encoding rate r is 9/15, a group-wise interleaving unit that performs group-wise interleave of interleaving the LDPC code in units of bit groups of 360 bits, and a mapping unit that maps the LDPC code to any one of 256 signal points decided in a modulation scheme in units of 8 bits, wherein, in the group-wise interleave, when an (i+1)-th bit group from a head of the LDPC code is indicated by a bit group i, a sequence of bit groups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64800 bits is interleaved into a sequence of bit groups

58, 70, 23, 32, 26, 63, 55, 48, 35, 41, 53, 20, 38, 51, 61, 65, 44, 29, 7, 2, 113, 68, 96, 104, 106, 89, 27, 0, 119, 21, 4, 49, 46, 100, 13, 36, 57, 98, 102, 9, 42, 39, 33, 62, 22, 95, 101, 15, 91, 25, 93, 132, 69, 87, 47, 59, 67, 124, 17, 11, 31, 43, 40, 37, 85, 50, 97, 140, 45, 92, 56, 30, 34, 60, 107, 24, 52, 94, 64, 5, 71, 90, 66, 103, 88, 86, 84, 19, 169, 159, 147, 126, 28, 130, 14, 162, 144, 166, 108, 153, 115, 135, 120, 122, 112, 139, 151, 156, 16, 172, 164, 123, 99, 54, 136, 81, 105, 128, 116, 150, 155, 76, 18, 142, 170, 175, 83, 146, 78, 109, 73, 131, 127, 82, 167, 77, 110, 79, 137, 152, 3, 173, 148, 72, 158, 117, 1, 6, 12, 8, 161, 74, 143, 133, 168, 171, 134, 163, 138, 121, 141, 160, 111, 10, 149, 80, 75, 165, 157, 174, 129, 145, 114, 125, 154, 118, 176, 177, 178, and 179,

the LDPC code includes an information bit and a parity bit, the parity check matrix includes an information matrix portion corresponding to the information bit and a parity matrix portion corresponding to the parity bit, the information matrix portion is represented by a parity check matrix initial value table, and the parity check matrix initial value table is a table in which a position of a 1 element of the information matrix portion is indicated for every 360 columns, and includes

113 1557 3316 5680 6241 10407 13404 13947 14040 14353 15522 15698 16079 17363 19374 19543 20530 22833 24339

271 1361 6236 7006 7307 7333 12768 15441 15568 17923 18341 20321 21502 22023 23938 25351 25590 25876 25910

73 605 872 4008 6279 7653 10346 1.0799 12482 12935 13604 15909 16526 19782 20506 22804 23629 24859 25600

1445 1690 4304 4851 8919 9176 9252 13783 16076 16675 17274 18806 18882 20819 21958 22451 23869 23999 24177

1290 2337 5661 6371 8996 10102 10941 11360 12242 14918 16808 20571 23374 24046 25045 25060 25662 25783 25913

28 42 1926 3421 3503 8558 9453 10168 15820 17473 19571 19685 22790 23336 23367 23890 24061 25657 25680

0 1709 4041 4932 5968 7123 8430 9564 10596 1:1026 14761 19484 20762 20858 23803 24016 24795 25853 25863

29 1625 6500 6609 16831 18517 18568 18738 19387 20159 20544 21603 21941 24137 24269 24416 24803 25154 25395

55 66 871 3700 11426 13221 15001 16367 17601 18380 22796 23488 23938 25476 25635 25678 25807 25857 25872

1 19 5958 8548 8860 11489 16845 18450 18469 19496 20190 23173 25262 25566 25668 25679 25858 25888 25915

7520 7690 8855 9183 14654 16695 17121 17854 18083 18428 19633 20470 20736 21720 22335 23273 25083 25293 25403

48 58 410 1299 3786 10668 18523 18963 20864 22106 22308 23033 23107 23128 23990 24286 24409 24595 25802

12 51 3894 6539 8276 10885 11644 12777 13427 14039 15954 17078 19053 20537 22863 24521 25087 25463 25838

3509 8748 9581 11509 15884 16230 17583 19264 20900 21001 21310 22547 22756 22959 24768 24814 25594 25626 25880

21 29 69 1448 2386 4601 6626 6667 10242 13141 13852 14137 18640 19951 22449 23454 24431 25512 25814

18 53 7890 9934 10063 16128 19040 19809 20825 21522 21800 23582 24556 25031 25547 25562 25733 25789 25906

4096 4582 5766 5894 6517 10027 12182 13247 15207 17041 18958 20133 20503 22228 24332 24613 25689 25855 25883

0 25 819 5539 7076 7536 7695 9532 13668 15051 17683 19665 20253 21996 24136 24890 25758 25784 25807

34 40 44 4215 6076 7427 7965 8777 11017 15593 19542 22202 22973 23397 23423 24418 24873 25107 25644

1595 6216 22850 25439

1562 15172 19517 22362

7508 12879 24324 24496

6298 15819 16757 18721

11173 15175 19966 21195

59 13505 16941 23793

2267 4830 12023 20587

8827 9278 13072 16664

14419 17463 23398 25348

6112 16534 20423 22698

493 8914 21103 24799

6896 12761 13206 25873

2 1380 12322 21701

11600 21306 25753 25790

8421 13076 14271 15401

9630 14112 19017 20955

212 13932 21781 25824

5961 9110 16654 19636

58 5434 9936 12770

6575 11433 19798

2731 7338 20926

14253 18463 25404

21791 24805 25869

2 11646 15850

6075 8586 23819

18435 22093 24852

2103 2368 11704

10925 17402 18232

9062 25061 25674

18497 20853 23404

18606 19364 19551

7 1022 25543

6744 15481 25868

9081 17305 25164

8 23701 25883

9680 19955 22848

56 4564 19121

5595 15086 25892

3174 17127 23183

19397 19817 20275

12561 24571 25825

7111 9889 25865

19104 20189 21851

549 9686 25548

6586 20325 25906

3224 20710 21637

641 15215 25754

13484 23729 25818

2043 7493 24246

16860 25230 25768

22047 24200 24902

9391 18040 19499

7855 24336 25069

23834 25570 25852

1977 8800 25756

6671 21772 25859

3279 6710 24444

24099 25117 25820

5553 12306 25915

48 11107 23907

10832 11974 25773

2223 17905 25484

16782 17135 20446

475 2861 3457

16218 22449 24362

11716 22200 25897

8315 15009 22633

13 20480 25852

12352 18658 25687

3681 14794 23703

30 24531 25846

4103 22077 24107

23837 25622 25812

3627 13387 25839

908 5367 19388

0 6894 25795

20322 23546 25181

8178 25260 25437

2449 13244 22565

31 18928 22741

1312 5134 14838

6085 13937 24220

66 14633 25670

47 22512 25472

8867 24704 25279

6742 21623 22745

147 9948 24178

8522 24261 24307

19202 22406 24609.

A fifth data processing device/method of the present technology includes: an encoding unit/step that performs LDPC encoding based on a parity check matrix of an LDPC code in which a code length N is 64800 bits and an encoding rate r is 11/15; a group-wise interleaving unit/step that performs group-wise interleave of interleaving the LDPC code in units of bit groups of 360 bits; and a mapping unit/step that maps the LDPC code to any one of 256 signal points decided in a modulation scheme in units of 8 bits, wherein, in the group-wise interleave, when an (1+1)-th bit group from a head of the LDPC code is indicated by a bit group i, a sequence of bit groups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64800 bits is interleaved into a sequence of bit groups

143, 57, 67, 26, 134, 112, 136, 103, 13, 94, 16, 116, 169, 95, 98, 6, 174, 173, 102, 15, 114, 39, 127, 78, 18, 123, 121, 4, 89, 115, 24, 108, 74, 63, 175, 82, 48, 20, 104, 92, 27, 3, 33, 1.06, 62, 148, 154, 25, 129, 69, 178, 156, 87, 83, 100, 122, 70, 93, 50, 140, 43, 125, 166, 41, 128, 85, 157, 49, 86, 66, 79, 130, 133, 171, 21, 165, 126, 51, 153, 38, 142, 109, 10, 65, 23, 91, 90, 73, 61, 42, 47, 131, 77, 9, 58, 96, 101, 37, 7, 159, 44, 2, 170, 160, 162, 0, 137, 31, 45, 110, 144, 88, 8, 11, 40, 81, 168, 135, 56, 151, 107, 105, 32, 120, 132, 1, 84, 161, 179, 72, 176, 71, 145, 139, 75, 141, 97, 17, 149, 124, 80, 60, 36, 52, 164, 53, 158, 113, 34, 76, 5, 111, 155, 138, 19, 35, 167, 172, 14, 147, 55, 152, 59, 64, 54, 117, 146, 118, 119, 150, 29, 163, 68, 99, 46, 177, 28, 22, 30, and 12,

the LDPC code includes an information bit and a parity bit, the parity check matrix includes an information matrix portion corresponding to the information bit and a parity matrix portion corresponding to the parity bit, the information matrix portion is represented by a parity check matrix initial value table, and the parity check matrix initial value table is a table in which a position of a 1 element of the information matrix portion is indicated for every 360 columns, and includes

696 989 1238 3091 3116 3738 4269 6406 7033 8048 9157 10254 12033 16456 16912

444 1488 6541 8626 10735 12447 13111 13706 14135 15195 15947 16453 16916 17137 17268

401 460 992 1145 1576 1678 2238 2320 4280 6770 10027 12486 15363 16714 17157

1161 3108 3727 4508 5092 5348 5582 7727 11793 12515 12917 13362 14247 16717 17205

542 1190 6883 7911 8349 8835 10489 11631 14195 15009 15454 15482 16632 17040 17063

17 487 776 880 5077 6172 9771 11446 12798 16016 16109 16171 17087 17132 17226

1337 3275 3462 4229 9246 10180 10845 10866 12250 13633 14482 16024 16812 17186 17241

15 980 2305 3674 5971 8224 11499 11752 11770 12897 14082 14836 15311 16391 17209

0 3926 5869 8696 9351 9391 11371 14052 14172 14636 14974 16619 16961 17033 17237

3033 5317 6501 8579 10698 12168 12966 14019 15392 15806 15991 16493 16690 17062 17090

981 1205 4400 6410 11003 13319 13405 14695 15846 16297 16492 16563 16616 16862 16953

1725 4276 8869 9588 14062 14486 15474 15548 16300 16432 17042 17050 17060 17175 17273

1807 5921 9960 10011 14305 14490 14872 15852 16054 16061 16306 16799 16833 17136 17262

2826 4752 6017 6540 7016 8201 14245 14419 14716 15983 16569 16652 17171 17179 17247

1662 2516 3345 5229 8086 9686 11456 12210 14595 15808 16011 16421 16825 17112 17195

2890 4821 5987 7226 8823 9869 12468 14694 15352 15805 16075 16462 17102 17251 17263

3751 3890 4382 5720 10281 10411 11350 12721 13121 14127 14980 15202 15335 16735 17123

26 30 2805 5457 6630 7188 7477 7556 11065 16608 16859 16909 16943 17030 17103

40 4524 5043 5566 9645 10204 10282 11696 13080 14837 15607 16274 17034 17225 17266

904 3157 6284 7151 7984 11712 12887 13767 15547 16099 16753 16829 17044 17250 17259

7 311 4876 8334 9249 11267 14072 14559 15003 15235 15686 16331 17177 17238 17253

4410 8066 8596 9631 10369 11249 12610 15769 16791 16960 17018 17037 1.7062 17165 17204

24 8261 9691 10138 11607 12782 12786 13424 13933 15262 15795 16476 17084 17193 17220

88 11622 14705 15890

304 2026 2638 6018

1163 4268 11620 17232

9701 11785 14463 17260

4118 10952 12224 17006

3647 10823 11521 12060

1717 3753 9199 11642

2187 14280 17220

14787 16903 17061

381 3534 4294

3149 6947 8323

12562 16724 16881

7289 9997 15306

5615 13152 17260

5666 16926 17027

4390 7798 16832

4778 10629 17180

10001 13884 15453

6 2237 8203

7831 15144 15160

9186 17204 17243

9435 17168 17237

42 5701 17159

7812 14259 15715

39 4513 6658

38 9368 11273

1119 4785 17182

5620 16521 16729

16 6685 17242

210 3452 12383

466 14462 16250

10548 12633 13962

1452 6005 16453

22 4120 13684

5195 11563 16522

5518 16705 17201

12233 14552 15471

6067 13440 17248

8660 8967 17061

8673 12176 15051

5959 15767 16541

3244 12109 12414

31 15913 16323

3270 15686 16653

24 7346 14675

12 1531 8740

6228 7565 16667

16936 17122 17162

4868 8451 13183

3714 4451 16919

11313 13801 17132

17070 17191 17242

1911 11201 17186

14 17190 17254

11760 16008 16832

14543 17033 17278

16129 16765 17155

6891 15561 17007

12741 14744 17116

8992 16661 17277

1861 11130 16742

4822 13331 16192

13281 14027 14989

38 14887 17141

10698 13452 15674

4 2539 16877

857 17170 17249

11449 11906 12867

285 14118 16831

15191 17214 17242

39 728 16915

2469 12969 15579

16644 17151 17164

2592 8280 10448

9236 12431 17173

9064 16892 17233

4526 16146 17038

31 2116 16083

15837 16951 17031

5362 8382 16618

6137 13199 17221

2841 15068 17068

24 3620 17003

9880 15718 16764

1784 10240 17209

2731 10293 10846

3121 8723 16598

8563 15662 17088

13 1167 14676

29 13850 15963

3654 7553 8114

23 4362 14865

4434 14741 16688

8362 13901 17244

13687 16736 17232

46 4229 13394

13169 16383 16972

16031 16681 16.952

3384 9894 12580

9841 14414 16165

5013 17099 17115

2130 8941 17266

6907 15428 17241

16 1860 17235

2151 16014 16643

14954 15958 17222

3969 8419 15116

31 15593 16984

11514 16605 17255.

In the fifth data processing device/method as described above, LDPC encoding is performed based on a parity check matrix of an LDPC code in which a code length N is 64800 bits and an encoding rate r is 11/15, group-wise interleave of interleaving the LDPC code in units of bit groups of 360 bits is performed, the LDPC code is mapped to any one of 256 signal points decided in a modulation scheme in units of 8 bits. In the group-wise interleave, when an (i+1)-th bit group from a head of the LDPC code is indicated by a bit group i, a sequence of bit groups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64800 bits is interleaved into a sequence of bit groups

143, 57, 67, 26, 134, 112, 136, 103, 13, 94, 16, 1.16, 169, 95, 98, 6, 174, 173, 102, 15, 114, 39, 127, 78, 18, 123, 121, 4, 89, 115, 24, 108, 74, 63, 175, 82, 48, 20, 104, 92, 27, 3, 33, 106, 62, 148, 154, 25, 129, 69, 178, 156, 87, 83, 100, 122, 70, 93, 50, 140, 43, 125, 166, 41, 128, 85, 157, 49, 86, 66, 79, 130, 133, 171, 21, 165, 126, 51, 153, 38, 142, 109, 10, 65, 23, 91, 90, 73, 61, 42, 47, 131, 77, 9, 58, 96, 101, 37, 7, 159, 44, 2, 170, 160, 162, 0, 137, 31, 45, 110, 144, 88, 8, 11, 40, 81, 168, 135, 56, 151, 107, 105, 32, 120, 132, 1, 84, 161, 179, 72, 176, 71, 145, 139, 75, 141, 97, 17, 149, 124, 80, 60, 36, 52, 164, 53, 158, 113, 34, 76, 5, 111, 155, 138, 19, 35, 167, 172, 14, 147, 55, 152, 59, 64, 54, 117, 146, 118, 119, 150, 29, 163, 68, 99, 46, 177, 28, 22, 30, and 12.

The LDPC code includes an information bit and a parity bit, the parity check matrix includes an information matrix portion corresponding to the information bit and a parity matrix portion corresponding to the parity bit, the information matrix portion is represented by a parity check matrix initial value table, and the parity check matrix initial value table is a table in which a position of a 1 element of the information matrix portion is indicated for every 360 columns, and includes

696 989 1238 3091 3116 3738 4269 6406 7033 8048 9157 10254 12033 16456 16912

444 1488 6541 8626 10735 12447 13111 13706 14135 15195 15947 16453 16916 17137 17268

401 460 992 1145 1576 1678 2238 2320 4280 6770 10027 12486 15363 16714 17157

1161 3108 3727 4508 5092 5348 5582 7727 11793 12515 12917 13362 14247 16717 17205

542 1190 6883 7911 8349 8835 10489 11631 14195 15009 15454 15482 16632 17040 17063

17 487 776 880 5077 6172 9771 11446 12798 16016 16109 16171 17087 17132 17226

1337 3275 3462 4229 9246 10180 10845 10866 12250 13633 14482 16024 16812 17186 17241

15 980 2305 3674 5971 8224 11499 11752 11770 12897 14082 14836 15311 16391 17209

0 3926 5869 8696 9351 9391 11371 14052 14172 14636 14974 16619 16961 17033 17237

3033 5317 6501 8579 10698 12168 12966 14019 15392 15806 15991 16493 16690 17062 17090

981 1205 4400 6410 11003 13319 13405 14695 15846 16297 16492 16563 16616 16862 16953

1725 4276 8869 9588 14062 14486 15474 15548 16300 16432 17042 17050 17060 17175 17273

1807 5921 9960 10011 14305 14490 14872 15852 16054 16061 16306 16799 16833 17136 17262

2826 4752 6017 6540 7016 8201 14245 14419 14716 15983 16569 16652 17171 17179 17247

1662 2516 3345 5229 8086 9686 11456 12210 14595 15808 16011 16421 16825 17112 17195

2890 4821 5987 7226 8823 9869 12468 14694 15352 15805 16075 16462 17102 17251 17263

3751 3890 4382 5720 10281 10411 11350 12721 1312:1 14127 14980 15202 15335 16735 17123

26 30 2805 5457 6630 7188 7477 7556 11065 16608 16859 16909 16943 17030 17103

40 4524 5043 5566 9645 10204 10282 11696 13080 14837 15607 16274 17034 17225 17266

904 3157 6284 7151 7984 11712 12887 13767 15547 16099 16753 16829 17044 17250 17259

7 311 4876 8334 9249 11267 14072 1.4559 15003 1.5235 15686 16331 17177 17238 17253

4410 8066 8596 9631 10369 11249 12610 15769 16791 16960 17018 17037 17062 17165 17204

24 8261 9691 10138 11607 12782 12786 13424 13933 15262 15795 16476 17084 17193 17220

88 11622 14705 15890

304 2026 2638 6018

1163 4268 11620 17232

9701 11785 14463 17260

41.18 10952 12224 17006

3647 10823 11521 12060

1717 3753 9199 11642

2187 14280 17220

14787 16903 17061

381 3534 4294

3149 6947 8323

12562 16724 16881

7289 9997 15306

5615 13152 17260

5666 16926 17027

4190 7798 16831

4778 10629 17180

10001 13884 15453

6 2237 8203

7831 15144 15160

9186 17204 17243

9435 17168 17237

42 5701 17159

7812 14259 15715

39 4513 6658

38 9368 11273

1119 4785 17182

5620 16521 16729

16 6685 17242

210 3452 12383

466 14462 16250

10548 12633 13962

1452 6005 16453

22 4120 13684

5195 11563 16522

5518 16705 17201

12233 14552 15471

6067 13440 17248

8660 8967 17061

8673 12176 15051

5959 15767 16541

3244 12109 12414

31 15913 16323

3270 15686 16653

24 7346 14675

12 1531 8740

6228 7565 16667

16936 17122 17162

4868 8451 13183

3714 4451 16919

11313 13801 17132

17070 17191 17242

1911 11201 17186

14 17190 17254

11760 16008 16832

14543 17033 17278

16129 16765 17155

6891 15561 17007

12741 14744 17116

8992 16661 17277

1861 11130 16742

4822 13331 16192

13281 14027 14989

38 14887 17141

10698 13452 15674

4 2539 16877

857 17170 17249

11449 11906 12867

285 14118 16831

15191 17214 17242

39 728 16915

2469 12969 15579

16644 17151 17164

2592 8280 10448

9236 12431 17173

9064 16892 17233

4526 16146 17038

31 2116 16083

15837 16951 17031

5362 8382 16618

6137 13199 17221

2841 15068 17068

24 3620 17003

9880 15718 16764

1784 10240 17209

2731 10293 10846

3121 8723 16598

8563 15662 17088

13 1167 14676

29 13850 15963

3654 7553 8114

23 4362 14865

4434 14741 16688

8362 13901 17244

13687 16736 17232

46 4229 13394

13169 16383 16972

16031 16681 16952

3384 9894 12580

9841 14414 16165

5013 17099 17115

2130 8941 17266

6907 15428 17241

16 1860 17235

2151 16014 16643

14954 15958 17222

3969 8419 15116

31 15593 16984

11514 16605 17255.

A sixth data processing device/method of the present technology includes: a group-wise deinterleaving unit/step that restores a sequence of an LDPC code that has undergone group-wise interleave and has been obtained from data transmitted from a transmitting device to an original sequence, the transmitting device including an encoding unit that performs LDPC encoding based on a parity check matrix of an LDPC code in which a code length N is 64800 bits and an encoding rate r is 11/15, a group-wise interleaving unit that performs group-wise interleave of interleaving the LDPC code in units of bit groups of 360 bits, and a mapping unit that maps the LDPC code to any one of 256 signal points decided in a modulation scheme in units of 8 bits, wherein, in the group-wise interleave, when an (i+1)-th bit group from a head of the LDPC code is indicated by a bit group i, a sequence of bit groups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64800 bits is interleaved into a sequence of bit groups

143, 57, 67, 26, 134, 112, 136, 103, 13, 94, 16, 116, 169, 95, 98, 6, 174, 173, 102, 15, 114, 39, 127, 78, 18, 123, 121, 4, 89, 115, 24, 108, 74, 63, 175, 82, 48, 20, 104, 92, 27, 3, 33, 106, 62, 148, 154, 25, 129, 69, 178, 156, 87, 83, 100, 122, 70, 93, 50, 140, 43, 125, 166, 41, 128, 85, 157, 49, 86, 66, 79, 130, 133, 171, 21, 165, 126, 51, 153, 38, 142, 109, 10, 65, 23, 91, 90, 73, 61, 42, 47, 131, 77, 9, 58, 96, 101, 37, 7, 159, 44, 2, 170, 160, 162, 0, 137, 31, 45, 110, 144, 88, 8, 11, 40, 81, 168, 135, 56, 151, 107, 105, 32, 120, 132, 1, 84, 161, 179, 72, 176, 71, 145, 139, 75, 141, 97, 17, 149, 124, 80, 60, 36, 52, 164, 53, 158, 113, 34, 76, 5, 111, 155, 0.138, 19, 35, 167, 172, 14, 147, 55, 152, 59, 64, 54, 117, 146, 118, 119, 150, 29, 163, 68, 99, 46, 177, 28, 22, 30, and 12,

the LDPC code includes an information bit and a parity bit, the parity check matrix includes an information matrix portion corresponding to the information bit and a parity matrix portion corresponding to the parity bit, the information matrix portion is represented by a parity check matrix initial value table, and the parity check matrix initial value table is a table in which a position of a 1 element of the information matrix portion is indicated for every 360 columns, and includes

696 989 1238 3091 3116 3738 4269 6406 7033 8048 9157 10254 12033 16456 16912

444 1488 6541 8626 10735 12447 13111 13706 14135 15195 15947 16453 16916 17137 17268

401 460 992 1145 1576 1678 2238 2320 4280 6770 10027 12486 15363 1.6714 17157

1161 3108 3727 4508 5092 5348 5582 7727 11793 12515 12917 13362 14247 16717 17205

542 1190 6883 7911 8349 8835 10489 11631 14195 15009 15454 15482 16632 17040 17063

17 487 776 880 5077 6172 9771 11446 12798 16016 16109 16171 17087 17132 17226

1337 3275 3462 4229 9246 10180 10845 10866 12250 13633 14482 16024 16812 17186 17241

15 980 2305 3674 5971 8224 11499 11752 11770 12897 14082 14836 15311 16391 17209

0 3926 5869 8696 9351 9391 11371 14052 14172 14636 14974 16619 16961 17033 17237

3033 5317 6501 8579 10698 12168 12966 14019 15392 15806 15991 16493 16690 17062 17090

981 1205 4400 6410 11003 13319 13405 14695 15846 16297 16492 16563 16616 16862 16953

1725 4276 8869 9588 14062 14486 15474 15548 16300 16432 17042 17050 17060 17175 17273

1807 5921 9960 10011 14305 14490 14872 15852 16054 16061 16306 16799 16833 17136 17262

2826 4752 6017 6540 7016 8201 14245 14419 14716 15983 16569 16652 17171 17179 17247

1662 2516 3345 5229 8086 9686 11456 12210 14595 15808 16011 16421 16825 17112 17195

2890 4821 5987 7226 8823 9869 12468 14694 15352 15805 16075 16462 171.02 17251 17263

3751 3890 4382 5720 10281 10411 11350 12721 13121 14127 14980 15202 15335 16735 17123

26 30 2805 5457 6630 7188 7477 7556 11065 16608 16859 16909 16943 17030 17103

40 4524 5043 5566 9645 10204 10282 11696 13080 14837 15607 16274 17034 17225 17266

904 3157 6284 7151 7984 11712 12887 13767 15547 16099 16753 16829 17044 17250 17259

7 311 4876 8334 9249 11267 14072 14559 15003 15235 15686 16331 17177 17238 17253

4410 8066 8596 9631 10369 11249 12610 15769 16791 16960 17018 17037 17062 17165 17204

24 8261 9691 10138 11607 12182 12786 13424 13933 15262 15795 16476 17084 17193 17220

88 11622 14705 15890

304 2026 2638 6018

1163 4268 11620 17232

9701 11785 14463 17260

4118 10952 12224 17006

3647 10823 11521 12060

1717 3753 9199 11642

2187 14280 17220

14787 16903 17061

381 3534 4294

3149 6947 8323

12562 16724 16881

7289 9997 15306

5615 13152 17260

5666 16926 17027

4190 7798 16831

4778 10629 17180

10001 13884 15453

6 2237 8203

7831 15144 15160

9186 17204 17243

9435 17168 17237

42 5701 17159

7812 14259 15715

39 4513 6658

38 9368 11273

1119 4785 17182

5620 16521 16729

16 6685 17242

210 3452 12383

466 14462 16250

10548 12633 13962

1452 6005 16453

22 4120 13684

5195 11563 16522

5518 16705 17201

12233 14552 15471

6067 13440 17248

8660 8967 17061

8673 12176 15051

5959 15767 16541

3244 12109 12414

31 15913 16323

3270 15686 16653

24 7346 14675

12 1531 8740

6228 7565 16667

16936 17122 17162

4868 8451 13183

3714 4451 16919

11313 13801 17132

17070 17191 17242

1911 11201 17186

14 17190 17254

11760 16008 16832

14543 17033 17278

16129 16765 17155

6891 15561 17007

12741 14744 17116

8992 16661 17277

1861 11130 16742

4822 13331 16192

13281 14027 14989

38 14887 17141

10698 13452 15674

4 2539 16877

857 17170 17249

11449 11906 12867

285 14118 16831

15191 17214 17242

39 728 16915

2469 12969 15579

16644 17151 17164

2592 8280 10448

9236 12431 17.173

9064 16892 17233

4526 16146 17038

31 2116 16083

15837 16951 17031

5362 8382 16618

6137 13199 17221

2841 15068 17068

24 3620 17003

9880 15718 16764

1784 10240 17209

2731 10293 10846

3121 8723 16598

8563 15662 17088

13 1167 14676

29 13850 15963

3654 7553 8114

23 4362 14865

4434 14741 16688

8362 13901 17244

13687 16736 17232

46 4229 13394

13169 16383 16972

16031 16681 16952

3384 9894 12580

9841 14414 16165

5013 17099 17115

2130 8941 17266

6907 15428 17241

16 1860 17235

2151 16014 16643

14954 15958 17222

3969 8419 15116

31 15593 16984

11514 16605 17255.

In the sixth data processing device/method as described above, a sequence of an LDPC code that has undergone group-wise interleave and has been obtained from data transmitted from a transmitting device is restored to an original sequence, the transmitting device including an encoding unit that performs LDPC encoding based on a parity check matrix of an LDPC code in which a code length N is 64800 bits and an encoding rate r is 11/15, a group-wise interleaving unit that performs group-wise interleave of interleaving the LDPC code in units of bit groups of 360 bits, and a mapping unit that maps the LDPC code to any one of 256 signal points decided in a modulation scheme in units of 8 bits, wherein, in the group-wise interleave, when an (f+1)-th bit group from a head of the LDPC code is indicated by a bit group i, a sequence of bit groups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64800 bits is interleaved into a sequence of bit groups

143, 57, 67, 26, 134, 112, 136, 103, 13, 94, 16, 116, 169, 95, 98, 6, 174, 173, 102, 15, 114, 39, 127, 78, 18, 123, 121, 4, 89, 115, 24, 108, 74, 63, 175, 82, 48, 20, 104, 92, 27, 3, 33, 106, 62, 148, 154, 25, 129, 69, 178, 156, 87, 83, 100, 122, 70, 93, 50, 140, 43, 125, 166, 41, 128, 85, 157, 49, 86, 66, 79, 130, 133, 171, 21, 165, 126, 51, 153, 38, 142, 109, 10, 65, 23, 91, 90, 73, 61, 42, 47, 131, 77, 9, 58, 96, 101, 37, 7, 159, 44, 2, 170, 160, 162, 0, 137, 31, 45, 110, 144, 88, 8, 11, 40, 81, 168, 135, 56, 151, 107, 105, 32, 120, 132, 1, 84, 161, 179, 72, 176, 71, 145, 139, 75, 141, 97, 17, 149, 124, 80, 60, 36, 52, 164, 53, 158, 113, 34, 76, 5, 111, 155, 0.138, 19, 35, 167, 172, 14, 147, 55, 152, 59, 64, 54, 117, 146, 118, 119, 150, 29, 163, 68, 99, 46, 177, 28, 22, 30, and 12,

the LDPC code includes an information bit and a parity bit, the parity check matrix includes an information matrix portion corresponding to the information bit and a parity matrix portion corresponding to the parity bit, the information matrix portion is represented by a parity check matrix initial value table, and the parity check matrix initial value table is a table in which a position of a 1 element of the information matrix portion is indicated for every 360 columns, and includes

696 989 1238 3091 3116 3738 4269 6406 7033 8048 9157 10254 12033 16456 16912

444 1488 6541 8626 10735 12447 13111 13706 14135 15195 15947 16453 16916 17137 17268

401 460 992 1145 1576 1678 2238 2320 4280 6770 10027 12486 15363 16714 17157

1161 3108 3727 4508 5092 5348 5582 772711793 1251512917 13362 14247 16717 17205

542 1190 6883 7911 8349 8835 10489 11631 14195 15009 15454 15482 16632 17040 17063

17 487 776 880 5077 6172 9771 11446 12798 16016 16109 16171 17087 17132 17226

1337 3275 3462 4229 9246 10180 10845 10866 12250 13633 14482 16024 16812 17186 17241

15 980 2305 3674 5971 8224 11499 11752 11770 12897 14082 14836 15311 16391 17209

0 3926 5869 8696 9351 9391 11371 14052 14172 14636 14974 16619 16961 17033 17237

3033 5317 6501 8579 10698 12168 12966 14019 15392 15806 15991 16493 16690 17062 17090

981 1205 4400 6410 11003 13319 13405 14695 15846 16297 16492 16563 16616 16862 16953

1725 4276 8869 9588 14062 14486 15474 15548 16300 16432 17042 17050 1.7060 17175 17273

1807 5921 9960 10011 14305 14490 14872 15852 16054 16061 16306 16799 16833 17136 17262

2826 4752 6017 6540 7016 8201 14245 14419 14716 15983 16569 16652 17171 17179 17247

1662 2516 3345 5229 8086 9686 11456 12210 14595 15808 16011 16421 16825 17112 17195

2890 4821 5987 7226 8823 9869 12468 14694 15352 15805 16075 16462 17102 17251 17263

3751 3890 4382 5720 10281 10411 11350 12721 13121 14127 14980 15202 15335 16735 17123

26 30 2805 5457 6630 7188 7477 7556 11065 16608 16859 16909 16943 17030 17103

40 4524 5043 5566 9645 10204 10282 11696 13080 14837 15607 16274 17034 17225 17266

904 3157 6284 7151 7984 11712 12887 13767 15547 16099 16753 16829 17044 17250 17259

7 311 4876 8334 9249 11267 14072 14559 15003 15235 15686 16331 17177 37238 17253

4410 8066 8596 9631 10369 11249 12610 15769 16791 16960 17018 17037 17062 17165 17204

24 8261 9691 10138 11607 12782 12786 13424 13933 15262 15795 16476 17084 17193 17220

88 11622 14705 15890

304 2026 2638 6018

1163 4268 11620 17232

9701 11785 14463 17260

4118 10952 12224 17006

3647 10823 11521 12060

1717 3753 9199 11642

2187 14280 17220

14787 16903 17061

381 3534 4294

3149 6947 8323

12562 16724 16881

7289 9997 15306

5615 13152 17260

5666 16926 17027

4190 7798 16831

4778 10629 17180

10001 13884 15453

6 2237 8203

7831 15144 15160

9186 17204 17243

9435 17168 17237

42 5701 17159

7812 14259 15715

39 4513 6658

38 9368 11273

11.19 4785 17182

5620 16521 16729

16 6685 17242

210 3452 12383

466 14462 16250

10548 12633 13962

1452 6005 16453

22 4120 13684

5195 11563 16522

5518 16705 17201

12233 14552 15471

6067 13440 17248

8660 8967 17061

8673 12176 15051

5959 15767 16541

3244 12109 12414

31 15913 16323

3270 15686 16653

24 7346 14675

12 1531 8740

6228 7565 16667

16936 17122 17162

4868 8451 13183

3714 4451 16919

11313 13801 17132

17070 17191 17242

1911 11201 17186

14 17190 17254

11760 16008 16832

14543 17033 17278

16129 16765 17155

6891 15561 17007

12741 14744 17116

8992 16661 17277

1861 11130 16742

4822 13331 16192

13281 14027 14989

38 14887 17141

10698 13452 15674

4 2539 16877

857 17170 17249

11449 11906 12867

285 14118 16831

15191 17214 17242

39 728 16915

2469 12969 15579

16644 17151 17164

2592 8280 10448

9236 12431 17173

9064 16892 17233

4526 16146 17038

31 2116 16083

15837 16951 17031

5362 8382 16618

61.37 13199 17221

2841 15068 17068

24 3620 17003

9880 15718 16764

1784 10240 17209

2731 10293 10846

3121 8723 16598

8563 15662 17088

13 1167 14676

29 13850 15963

3654 7553 8114

23 4362 14865

4434 14741 16688

8362 13901 17244

13687 16736 17232

46 4229 13394

13169 16383 16972

16031 16681 16952

3384 9894 12580

9841 14414 16165

5013 17099 17115

2130 8941 17266

6907 15428 17241

16 1860 17235

2151 16014 16643

14954 15958 17222

3969 8419 15116

31 15593 16984

11514 16605 17255.

A seventh data processing device/method of the present technology includes: an encoding unit/step that performs LDPC encoding based on a parity check matrix of an LDPC code in which a code length N is 64800 bits and an encoding rate r is 13/15; a group-wise interleaving unit/step that performs group-wise interleave of interleaving the LDPC code in units of bit groups of 360 bits; and a mapping unit/step that maps the LDPC code to any one of 256 signal points decided in a modulation scheme in units of 8 bits, wherein, in the group-wise interleave, when an (i+1)-th bit group from a head of the LDPC code is indicated by a bit group i, a sequence of bit groups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64800 bits is interleaved into a sequence of bit groups

116, 47, 155, 89, 109, 137, 103, 60, 114, 14, 148, 100, 28, 132, 129, 105, 154, 7, 167, 140, 160, 30, 57, 32, 81, 3, 86, 45, 69, 147, 125, 52, 20, 22, 156, 168, 17, 5, 93, 53, 61, 149, 56, 62, 112, 48, 11, 21, 166, 73, 158, 104, 79, 128, 135, 126, 63, 26, 44, 97, 13, 151, 123, 41, 118, 35, 131, 9, 90, 58, 134, 6, 78, 130, 82, 106, 99, 178, 102, 29, 108, 120, 107, 139, 23, 85, 36, 172, 174, 138, 95, 145, 170, 122, 50, 19, 91, 67, 101, 92, 179, 27, 94, 66, 171, 39, 68, 9, 59, 146, 15, 31, 38, 49, 37, 64, 77, 152, 144, 72, 165, 163, 24, 1, 2, 111, 80, 124, 43, 136, 127, 153, 75, 42, 113, 18, 164, 133, 142, 98, 96, 4, 51, 150, 46, 121, 76, 10, 25, 176, 34, 110, 115, 143, 173, 169, 40, 65, 157, 175, 70, 33, 141, 71, 119, 16, 162, 177, 12, 84, 87, 117, 0, 88, 161, 55, 54, 83, 74, and 159,

the LDPC code includes an information bit and a parity bit, the parity check matrix includes an information matrix portion corresponding to the information bit and a parity matrix portion corresponding to the parity bit, the information matrix portion is represented by a parity check matrix initial value table, and the parity check matrix initial value table is a table in which a position of a 1 element of the information matrix portion is indicated for every 360 columns, and includes

142 2307 2598 2650 4028 4434 5781 5881 6016 6323 6681 6698 8125

2932 4928 5248 5256 5983 6773 6828 7789 8426 8494 8534 8539 8583

899 3295 3833 5399 6820 7400 7753 7890 8109 8451 8529 8564 8602

21 3060 4720 5429 5636 5927 6966 8110 8170 8247 8355 8365 8616

20 1745 2838 3799 4380 4418 4646 5059 7343 8161 8302 8456 8631

9 6274 6725 6792 7195 7.33.3 8027 8186 8209 8273 8442 8548 8632

494 1365 2405 3799 5188 5291 7644 7926 8139 8458 8504 8594 8625

192 574 1179 4387 4695 5089 5831 7673 7789 8298 8301 8612 8632

11 20 1406 6111 6176 6256 6708 6834 7828 8232 8457 8495 8602

6 2654 3554 4483 4966 5866 6795 8069 8249 8301 8497 8509 8623

21 1144 2355 3124 6773 6805 6887 7742 7994 8358 8374 8580 8611

335 4473 4883 5528 6096 7543 7586 7921 8197 8319 8394 8489 8636

2919 4331 4419 4735 6366 6393 6844 7193 8165 8205 8544 8586 8617

12 19 742 930 3009 4330 6213 6224 7292 7430 7792 7922 8137

710 1439 1588 2434 3516 5239 6248 6827 8230 8448 8535 8581 8619

200 1075 1868 5581 7349 7642 7698 8037 8201 8210 8320 8391 8526

3 2501 4252 5256 5292 5567 6136 6321 6430 6486 7571 8521 8636

3062 4599 5885 6529 6616 7314 7319 7567 8024 8153 8302 8372 8598

105 381 1574 4351 5452 5603 5943 7467 7788 7933 8362 8513 8587

787 1857 3386 3659 6550 7131 7965 8015 8040 8312 8484 8525 8537

15 1118 4226 5197 5575 5761 6762 7038 8260 8338 8444 8512 8568

36 5216 5368 5616 6029 6591 8038 8067 8299 8351 8565 8578 8585

1 23 4300 4530 5426 5532 5817 6967 7124 1979 8022 8270 8437

629 2133 4828 5475 5875 5890 7194 8042 8345 8385 8518 8598 8612

11 1065 3782 4237 4993 7104 7863 7904 8104 8228 8321 8383 8565

2131 2274 3168 3215 3220 5597 6347 7812 8238 8354 8527 8557 8614

5600 6591 7491 7696

1766 8281 8626

1725 2280 5120

1650 3445 7652

4312 6911 8626

15 1013 5892

2263 2546 2979

1545 5873 7406

67 726 3697

2860 6443 8542

17 911 2820

1561 4580 6052

79 5269 7134

22 2410 2424

3501 5642 8627

808 6950 8571

4099 6389 7482

4023 5000 7833

5476 5765 7917

1008 3194 7207

20 495 5411

1703 8388 8635

6 4395 4921

200 2053 8206

1089 5126 5562

10 4193 7720

1967 2151 4608

22 738 3513

3385 5066 8152

440 1118 8537

3429 6058 7716

5213 7519 8382

5564 8365 8620

43 3219 8603

4 5409 5815

5 6376 7654

4091 5724 5953

5348 6754 8613

1634 6398 6632

72 2058 8605

3497 5811 7579

3846 6743 8559

15 5933 8629

2133 5859 7068

4151 4617 8566

2960 8270 8410

2059 3617 8210

544 1441 6895

4043 7482 8592

294 2180 8524

3058 8227 8373

364 5756 8617

5383 8555 8619

1704 2480 4181

7338 7929 7990

2615 3905 7981

4298 4548 8296

8262 8319 8630

892 1893 8028

5694 7237 8595

1487 5012 5810

4335 8593 8624

3509 4531 5273

10 22 830

4161 5208 6280

275 7063 8634

4 2725 3113

2279 7403 8174

1637 3328 3930

2810 4939 5624

3 1234 7687

2799 7740 8616

22 7701 8636

4302 7857 7993

7477 7794 8592

9 6111 8591

5 8606 8628

347 3497 4033

1747 2613 8636

1827 5600 7042

580 1822 6842

232 7134 7783

4629 5000 7231

951 2806 4947

571 3474 8577

2437 2496 7945

23 5873 8162

12 1168 7686

8315 8540 8596

1766 2506 4733

929 1516 3338

21 1216 6555

782 1452 8617

8 6083 6087

667 3240 4583

4030 4661 5790

559 7122 8553

3202 4388 4909

2533 3673 8594

1991 3954 6206

6835 7900 7980

189 5722 8573

2680 4928 4998

243 2579 7735

4281 8132 8566

7656 7671 8609

1116 2291 4166

21 388 8021

6 1123 8369

311 4918 8511

0 3248 6290

13 6762 7172

4209 5632 7563

49 127 8074

581 1735 4075

0 2235 5470

2178 5820 6179

16 3575 6054

1095 4564 6458

9 1581 5953

2537 6469 8552

14 0.3874 4844

0 3269 3551

2114 7372 7926

1875 2388 4057

3232 4042 6663

9 401 583

13 4100 6584

2299 4190 4410

21 3670 4979.

In the seventh data processing device/method as described above, LDPC encoding is performed based on a parity check matrix of an LDPC code in which a code length N is 64800 bits and an encoding rate r is 13/15, group-wise interleave of interleaving the LDPC code in units of bit groups of 360 bits is performed, the LDPC code is mapped to any one of 256 signal points decided in a modulation scheme in units of 8 bits. In the group-wise interleave, when an (i+1)-th bit group from a head of the LDPC code is indicated by a bit group i, a sequence of bit groups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64800 bits is interleaved into a sequence of bit groups

116, 47, 155, 89, 109, 137, 103, 60, 114, 14, 148, 100, 28, 132, 129, 105, 154, 7, 167, 140, 160, 30, 57, 32, 81, 3, 86, 45, 69, 147, 125, 52, 20, 22, 156, 168, 17, 5, 93, 53, 61, 149, 56, 62, 112, 48, 11, 21, 166, 73, 158, 104, 79, 128, 135, 126, 63, 26, 44, 97, 13, 151, 123, 41, 118, 35, 131, 8, 90, 58, 134, 6, 78, 130, 82, 106, 99, 178, 102, 29, 108, 120, 107, 139, 23, 85, 36, 172, 174, 138, 95, 145, 170, 122, 50, 19, 91, 67, 101, 92, 179, 27, 94, 66, 171, 39, 68, 9, 59, 146, 15, 31, 38, 49, 37, 64, 77, 152, 144, 72, 165, 163, 24, 1, 2, 111, 80, 124, 43, 136, 127, 153, 75, 42, 113, 18, 164, 133, 142, 98, 96, 4, 51, 150, 46, 121, 76, 10, 25, 176, 34, 110, 115, 143, 173, 169, 40, 65, 157, 175, 70, 33, 141, 71, 119, 16, 162, 177, 12, 84, 87, 117, 0, 88, 161, 55, 54, 83, 74, and 159.

The LDPC code includes an information bit and a parity bit, the parity check matrix includes an information matrix portion corresponding to the information bit and a parity matrix portion corresponding to the parity bit, the information matrix portion is represented by a parity check matrix initial value table, and the parity check matrix initial value table is a table in which a position of a 1 element of the information matrix portion is indicated for every 360 columns, and includes

142 2307 2598 2650 4028 4434 5781 5881 6016 6323 6681 6698 8125

2932 4928 5248 5256 5963 6773 6828 7789 8426 8494 8534 8539 8583

899 3295 3833 5399 6820 7400 7753 7890 8109 8451 8529 8564 8602

21 3060 4720 5429 5636 5927 6966 811.0 8170 8247 8355 8365 8616

20 1745 2838 3799 4380 4418 4646 5059 7343 8161 8302 8456 8631

9 6274 6725 6792 7195 7333 8027 8186 8209 8273 8442 8548 8632

494 1365 2405 3799 5188 5291 7644 7926 8139 8458 8504 8594 8625

192 574 1179 4387 4695 5089 5831 7673 7789 8298 8301 8612 8632

11 20 1406 6111 6176 6256 6708 6834 7828 8232 8457 8495 8602

6 2654 3554 4483 4966 5866 6795 8069 8249 8301 8497 8509 8623

21 1144 2355 3124 6773 6805 6887 7742 7994 8358 8374 8580 8611.

335 4473 4883 5528 6096 7543 7586 7921 8197 8319 8394 8489 8636

2919 4331 4419 4735 6366 6393 6844 7193 8165 8205 8544 8586 86:1.7

12 19 742 930 3009 4330 6213 6224 7292 7430 7792 7922 8137

710 1439 1588 2434 3516 5239 6248 6827 8230 8448 8515 8581 8619

200 1075 1868 5581 7349 7642 7698 8037 8201 8210 8320 8391 8526

3 2501 4252 5256 5292 5567 6136 6321 6430 6486 7571 8521 8636

3062 4599 5885 6529 6616 7314 7319 7567 8024 8153 8302 8372 8598

105 381 1574 4351 5452 5603 5943 7467 7788 7933 8362 8513 8587

787 1857 3386 3659 6550 7131 7965 8015 8040 8312 8484 8525 8537

15 1118 4226 5197 5575 5761 6762 7038 8260 8338 8444 8512 8568

36 5216 5368 5616 6029 6591 8038 8067 8299 8351 8565 8578 8585

1 23 4300 4530 5426 5532 5817 6967 7124 7979 8022 8270 8437

629 2133 4828 5475 5875 5890 7194 8042 8345 8385 8518 8598 8612

11 1065 3782 4237 4993 7104 7863 7904 8104 8228 8321 8383 8565

2131 2274 3168 3215 3220 5597 6347 7812 8238 8354 8527 8557 8614

5600 6591 7491 7696

1766 8281 8626

1725 2280 5120

1650 3445 7652

4312 6911 8626

15 1013 5892

2263 2546 2979

1545 5873 7406

67 726 3697

2860 6443 8542

17 911 2820

1561 4580 6052

79 5269 7134

22 2410 2424

3501 5642 8627

808 6950 8571

4099 6389 7482

4023 5000 7833

5476 5765 7917

1008 3194 7207

20 495 5411

1703 8388 8635

6 4395 4921

200 2053 8206

1089 5126 5562

10 4193 7720

1967 2151 4608

22 738 3513

3385 5066 8152

44.0 1118 8537

3429 6058 7716

5213 7519 8382

5564 8365 8620

43 3219 8603

4 5409 5815

5 6376 7654

4091 5724 5953

5348 6754 8613

1634 6398 6632

72 2058 8605

3497 5811 7579

3846 6743 8559

15 5933 8629

2133 5859 7068

4151 4617 8566

2960 8270 8410

2059 3617 8210

544 1441 6895

4043 7482 8592

294 2180 8524

3058 8227 8373

364 5756 8617

5383 8555 8619

1704 2480 4181

7338 7929 7990

2615 3905 7981

4298 4548 8296

8262 8319 8630

892 1893 8028

5694 7237 8595

1487 5012 5810

4335 8593 8624

3509 4531 5273

10 22 830

4161 5208 6280

275 7063 8634

4 2725 3113

2279 7403 8174

1637 3328 3930

2810 4939 5624

3 1234 7687

2799 7740 8616

22 7701 8636

4302 7857 7993

7477 7794 8592

9 6111 8591

5 8606 8628

347 3497 4033

1747 2613 8636

1827 5600 7042

580 1822 6842

232 7134 7783

4629 5000 7231

951 2806 4947

571 3474 8577

2437 2496 7945

23 5873 8162

12 1168 7686

8315 8540 8596

1766 2506 4733

929 1516 3338

21 1216 6555

782 1452 8617

8 6083 6087

667 3240 4583

4030 4661 5790

559 7122 8553

3202 4388 4909

2533 3673 8594

1991 3954 6206

6835 7900 7980

189 5722 8573

2680 4928 4998

243 2579 7735

4281 8132 8566

7656 7671 8609

1116 2291 4166

21 388 8021

6 1123 8369

31.1 4918 8511

0 3248 6290

13 6762 7172

4209 5632 7563

49 127 8074

581 1735 4075

0 2235 5470

2178 5820 6179

16 3575 6054

1095 4564 6458

9 1581 5953

2537 6469 8552

14 3874 4844

0 3269 3551

2114 7372 7926

1875 2388 4057

3232 4042 6663

9 401 583

13 4100 6584

2299 4190 4410

21 3670 4979.

An eighth data processing device/method of the present technology includes: a group-wise deinterleaving unit/step that restores a sequence of an LDPC code that has undergone group-wise interleave and has been obtained from data transmitted from a transmitting device to an original sequence, the transmitting device including an encoding unit that performs LDPC encoding based on a parity check matrix of an LDPC code in which a code length N is 64800 bits and an encoding rate r is 13/15, a group-wise interleaving unit that performs group-wise interleave of interleaving the LDPC code in units of bit groups of 360 bits, and a mapping unit that maps the LDPC code to any one of 256 signal points decided in a modulation scheme in units of 8 bits, wherein, in the group-wise interleave, when an (i+1)-th bit group from a head of the LDPC code is indicated by a bit group i, a sequence of bit groups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64800 bits is interleaved into a sequence of bit groups

116, 47, 155, 89, 109, 137, 103, 60, 114, 14, 148, 100, 28, 132, 129, 105, 154, 7, 167, 140, 160, 30, 57, 32, 81, 3, 86, 45, 69, 147, 125, 52, 20, 22, 156, 168, 17, 5, 93, 53, 61, 149, 56, 62, 112, 48, 11, 21, 166, 73, 158, 104, 79, 128, 135, 126, 63, 26, 44, 97, 13, 151, 123, 41, 118, 35, 131, 8, 90, 58, 134, 6, 78, 130, 82, 106, 99, 178, 102, 29, 108, 120, 107, 139, 23, 85, 36, 172, 174, 138, 95, 145, 170, 122, 50, 19, 91, 67, 101, 92, 179, 27, 94, 66, 171, 39, 68, 9, 59, 146, 15, 31, 38, 49, 37, 64, 77, 152, 144, 72, 165, 163, 24, 1, 2, 111, 80, 124, 43, 136, 127, 153, 75, 42, 113, 18, 164, 133, 142, 98, 96, 4, 51, 150, 46, 121, 76, 10, 25, 176, 34, 110, 115, 143, 173, 169, 40, 65, 157, 175, 70, 33, 141, 71, 119, 16, 162, 177, 12, 84, 87, 117, 0, 88, 161, 55, 54, 83, 74, and 159,

the LDPC code includes an information bit and a parity bit, the parity check matrix includes an information matrix portion corresponding to the information bit and a parity matrix portion corresponding to the parity bit, the information matrix portion is represented by a parity check matrix initial value table, and the parity check matrix initial value table is a table in which a position of a 1 element of the information matrix portion is indicated for every 360 columns, and includes

142 2307 2598 2650 4028 4434 5781 5881 6016 6323 6681 6698 8125

2932 4928 5248 5256 5983 6773 6828 7789 8426 8494 8534 8539 8583

899 3295 3833 5399 6820 7400 7753 7890 8109 8451 8529 8564 8602

21 3060 4720 5429 5636 5927 6966 8110 8:170 8247 8355 8365 8616

20 1745 2838 3799 4380 4418 4646 5059 7343 8161 8302 8456 8631

9 6274 6725 6792 7195 7333 8027 8186 8209 8273 8442 8548 8632

494 1365 2405 3799 5188 5291 7644 7926 8139 8458 8504 8594 8625

192 574 1179 4387 4695 5089 5831 7673 7.789 8298 8301 8612 8632

11 20 1406 6111 6176 6256 6708 6834 7828 8232 8457 8495 8602

6 2654 3554 4483 4966 5866 6795 8069 8249 8301 8497 8509 8623

21 1144 2355 3124 6773 6805 6887 7742 7994 8358 8374 8580 8611

335 4473 4883 5528 6096 7543 7586 7921 8197 8319 8394 8489 8636

2919 4331 4419 4735 6366 6393 6844 7193 8165 8205 8544 8586 8617

12 19 742 930 3009 4330 6213 6224 7292 7430 7792 7922 8137

710 1439 1588 2434 3516 5239 6248 6827 8230 8448 8515 8581 8619

200 1075 1868 5581 7349 7642 7698 8037 8201 8210 8320 8391 8526

3 2501 4252 5256 5292 5967 6136 6321 6430 6486 7571 8521 8636

3062 4599 5885 6529 6616 7314 7319 7567 8024 8153 8302 8372 8598

105 381 1574 4351 5452 5603 5943 7467 7788 7933 8362 8513 8587

787 1857 3386 3659 6550 7131 7965 8015 8040 8312 8484 8525 8537

15 1118 4226 5197 5575 5761 6762 7038 8260 8338 8444 8512 8568

36 5216 5368 5616 6029 6591 8038 8067 8299 8351 8565 8578 8585

1 23 4300 4530 5426 5532 5817 6967 7124 7979 8022 8270 8437

629 2133 4828 5475 5875 5890 7194 8042 8345 8385 8518 8598 8612

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20 495 5411

1703 8388 8635

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22 738 3513

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5564 8365 8620

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15 5933 8629

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2059 3617 8210

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294 2180 8524

3058 8227 8373

364 5756 8617

5383 8555 8619

1704 2480 4181

7338 7929 7990

2615 3905 7981

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8262 8319 8630

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4335 8593 8624

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10 22 830

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275 7063 8634

4 2725 3113

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3 1234 7687

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9 6111 8591

5 8606 8628

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580 1822 6842

232 7134 7783

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951 2806 4947

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2437 2496 7945

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782 1452 8617

8 6083 6087

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3202 4388 4909

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1991 3954 6206

6835 7900 7980

189 5722 8573

2680 4928 4998

243 2579 7735

4281 8132 8566

7656 7671 8609

1116 2291 4166

21 388 8021

6 1123 8369

311 4918 8511

0 3248 6290

13 6762 7172

4209 5632 7563

49 127 8074

581 1735 4075

0 2235 5470

2178 5820 6179

16 3575 6054

1095 4564 6458

9 1581 5953

2537 6469 8552

14 3874 4844

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2114 7372 7926

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9 401 583

13 4100 6584

2299 4190 4410

21 3670 4979.

In the eighth data processing device/method as described above, a sequence of an LDPC code that has undergone group-wise interleave and has been obtained from data transmitted from a transmitting device is restored to an original sequence, the transmitting device including an encoding unit that performs LDPC encoding based on a parity check matrix of an LDPC code in which a code length N is 64800 bits and an encoding rate r is 13/15, a group-wise interleaving unit that performs group-wise interleave of interleaving the LDPC code in units of bit groups of 360 bits, and a mapping unit that maps the LDPC code to any one of 256 signal points decided in a modulation scheme in units of 8 bits, wherein, in the group-wise interleave, when an (i+1)-th bit group from a head of the LDPC code is indicated by a bit group i, a sequence of bit groups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64800 bits is interleaved into a sequence of bit groups

116, 47, 155, 89, 109, 137, 103, 60, 114, 14, 148, 100, 28, 132, 129, 105, 154, 7, 167, 140, 160, 30, 57, 32, 81, 0.3, 86, 45, 69, 147, 125, 52, 20, 22, 156, 168, 17, 5, 93, 53, 61, 149, 56, 62, 112, 48, 11, 21, 166, 73, 158, 104, 79, 128, 135, 126, 63, 26, 44, 97, 13, 151, 123, 41, 118, 35, 131, 8, 90, 58, 134, 6, 78, 130, 82, 106, 99, 178, 102, 29, 108, 120, 107, 139, 23, 85, 36, 172, 174, 138, 95, 145, 170, 122, 50, 19, 91, 67, 101, 92, 179, 27, 94, 66, 171, 39, 68, 9, 59, 146, 15, 31, 38, 49, 37, 64, 77, 152, 144, 72, 165, 163, 24, 1, 2, 111, 80, 124, 43, 136, 127, 153, 75, 42, 113, 18, 164, 133, 142, 98, 96, 4, 51, 150, 46, 121, 76, 10, 25, 176, 34, 110, 115, 143, 173, 169, 40, 65, 157, 175, 70, 33, 141, 71, 119, 16, 162, 177, 12, 84, 87, 117, 0, 88, 161, 55, 54, 83, 74, and 159,

the LDPC code includes an information bit and a parity bit, the parity check matrix includes an information matrix portion corresponding to the information bit and a parity matrix portion corresponding to the parity bit, the information matrix portion is represented by a parity check matrix initial value table, and the parity check matrix initial value table is a table in which a position of a 1 element of the information matrix portion is indicated for every 360 columns, and includes

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9 6274 6725 6792 7195 7333 8027 8186 8209 8273 8442 8548 8632

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6 2654 3554 4483 4966 5866 6795 8069 8249 8301 8497 8509 8623

21 1144 2355 3124 6773 6805 6887 7742 7994 8358 8374 8580 8611

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787 1857 3386 3659 6550 7131 7965 8015 8040 8312 8484 8525 8537

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36 5216 5368 5616 6029 6591 8038 8067 8299 8351 8565 8578 8585

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629 2133 4828 5475 5875 5890 7194 8042 8345 8385 8518 8598 8612

11 1065 3782 4237 4993 7104 7863 7904 8104 8228 8321 8383 8565

2131 2274 3168 3215 3220 5597 6347 7812 8238 8354 8527 8557 8614

5600 6591 7491 7696

1766 8281 8626

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15 1013 5892

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67 726 3697

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808 6950 8571

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1008 3194 7207

20 495 5411

1703 8388 8635

6 4395 4921

200 2053 8206

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22 738 3513

3385 5066 8152

440 1118 8537

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5564 8365 8620

43 3219 8603

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5 6376 7654

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15 5933 8629

21.33 5859 7068

4151 4617 8566

2960 8270 8410

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544 1441 6895

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294 2180 8524

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364 5756 8617

5383 8555 8619

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7338 7929 7990

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4335 8593 8624

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9 6111 8591

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580 1822 6842

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23 5873 8162

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21 1216 6555

782 1452 8617

8 6083 6087

667 3240 4583

4030 4661 5790

559 7122 8553

3202 4388 4909

2533 3673 8594

1991 3954 6206

6835 7900 7980

189 5722 8573

2680 4928 4998

243 2579 7735

4281 8132 8566

7656 7671 8609

1116 2291 4166

21 388 8021

6 1123 8369

311 4918 8511

0 3248 6290

13 6762 7172

4209 5632 7563

49 127 8074

581 1735 4075

0 2235 5470

2178 5820 6179

16 3575 6054

1095 4564 6458

9 1581 5953

2537 6469 8552

14 3874 4844

0 3269 3551

2114 7372 7926

1875 2388 4057

3232 4042 6663

9 401 583

13 4100 6584

2299 4190 4410

21 3670 4979.

The data processing device may be an independent device and may be an internal block constituting one device.

Effects of the Invention

According to the present technology, it is possible to secure excellent communication quality in data transmission using the LDPC code.

The effects described herein are not necessarily limited and may include any effect described in the present disclosure.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a parity check matrix H of an LDPC code.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a decoding sequence of an LDPC code.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a parity check matrix of an LDPC code.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a Tanner graph of a parity check matrix.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a variable node.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a check node.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of an embodiment of a transmission system to which the present technology is applied.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a transmitting device 11.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a bit interleaver 116.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a parity check matrix.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a parity matrix.

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating the parity check matrix of the LDPC code that is defined in the standard of the DVB-T.2.

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating the parity check matrix of the LDPC code that is defined in the standard of the DVB-T.2.

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of a Tanner graph for decoding of an LDPC code.

FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of a parity matrix H_(T) becoming a staircase structure and a Tanner graph corresponding to the parity matrix H_(T).

FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an example of a parity matrix H_(P) of a parity check matrix H corresponding to an LDPC code after parity interleave.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a process performed by a bit interleaver 116 and a mapper 117.

FIG. 18 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of an LDPC encoder 115.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart illustrating an example of processing of an LDPC encoder 115.

FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating an example of a parity check matrix initial value table in which an encoding rate is 1/4 and a code length is 16200.

FIG. 21 is a diagram illustrating a method of calculating a parity check matrix H from a parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 22 is a diagram illustrating a structure of a parity check matrix.

FIG. 23 is a diagram illustrating an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 24 is a diagram illustrating an A matrix generated from a parity check matrix Initial value table.

FIG. 25 is a diagram illustrating parity interleave of a B matrix.

FIG. 26 is a diagram illustrating a C matrix generated from a parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 27 is a diagram illustrating parity interleave of a D matrix.

FIG. 28 is a diagram illustrating a parity check matrix obtained by performing a column permutation serving as parity deinterleave for restoring parity interleave to an original state on a parity check matrix.

FIG. 29 is a diagram illustrating a transformed parity check matrix obtained by performing a row permutation on a parity check matrix.

FIG. 30 is a diagram illustrating an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 31 is a diagram illustrating an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 32 is a diagram illustrating an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 33 is a diagram illustrating an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 34 is a diagram illustrating an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 35 is a diagram illustrating an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 36 is a diagram illustrating an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 37 is a diagram illustrating an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 38 is a diagram illustrating an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 39 is a diagram illustrating an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 40 is a diagram illustrating an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 41 is a diagram illustrating an example of the parity check matrix initial value table,

FIG. 42 is a diagram illustrating an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 43 is a diagram illustrating an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 44 is a diagram illustrating an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 45 is a diagram illustrating an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 46 is a diagram illustrating an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 47 is a diagram illustrating an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 48 is a diagram illustrating an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 49 is a diagram illustrating an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 50 is a diagram illustrating an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 51 is a diagram illustrating an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 52 is a diagram illustrating an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 53 is a diagram illustrating an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 54 is a diagram illustrating an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 55 is a diagram illustrating an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 56 is a diagram illustrating an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 57 is a diagram illustrating an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 58 is a diagram illustrating an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 59 is a diagram illustrating an example of the parity check matrix initial value table,

FIG. 60 is a diagram illustrating an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 61 is a diagram illustrating an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 62 is a diagram illustrating an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 63 is a diagram illustrating an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 64 is a diagram illustrating an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 65 is a diagram illustrating an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 66 is a diagram illustrating an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 67 is a diagram illustrating an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 68 is a diagram illustrating an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 69 is a diagram illustrating an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 70 is a diagram illustrating an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 71 is a diagram illustrating an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 72 is a diagram illustrating an example of the parity check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 73 is a diagram illustrating an example of a Tanner graph of an ensemble of a degree sequence in which a column weight is 3, and a row weight is 6.

FIG. 74 is a diagram illustrating an example of a Tanner graph of an ensemble of a multi-edge type.

FIG. 75 is a diagram illustrating a parity check matrix.

FIG. 76 is a diagram illustrating a parity check matrix.

FIG. 77 is a diagram illustrating a parity check matrix.

FIG. 78 is a diagram illustrating a parity check matrix.

FIG. 79 is a diagram illustrating a parity check matrix.

FIG. 80 is a diagram illustrating a parity check matrix.

FIG. 81 is a diagram illustrating a parity check matrix.

FIG. 82 is a diagram illustrating a parity check matrix.

FIG. 83 is a diagram illustrating an example of a constellation when a modulation scheme is 16QAM.

FIG. 84 is a diagram illustrating an example of a constellation when a modulation scheme is 64QAM.

FIG. 85 is a diagram illustrating an example of a constellation when a modulation scheme is 256QAM.

FIG. 86 is a diagram illustrating an example of a constellation when a modulation scheme is 1024QAM.

FIG. 87 is a diagram illustrating an example of coordinates of a signal point of a UC when a modulation scheme is QPSK.

FIG. 88 is a diagram illustrating an example of coordinates of a signal point of a 2D NUC when a modulation scheme is 16QAM.

FIG. 89 is a diagram illustrating an example of coordinates of a signal point of a 2D NUC when a modulation scheme is 64QAM.

FIG. 90 is a diagram illustrating an example of coordinates of a signal point of a 2D NUC when a modulation scheme is 256QAM.

FIG. 91 is a diagram illustrating an example of coordinates of a signal point of a 2D NUC when a modulation scheme is 256QAM.

FIG. 92 is a diagram illustrating an example of coordinates of a signal point of a 1D NUC when a modulation scheme is 1024QAM.

FIG. 93 is a diagram illustrating relations of a symbol y with a real part Re(z_(q)) and an imaginary part Im(z_(q)) of a complex number serving as coordinates of a signal point z_(q) of a ID NUC corresponding to the symbol y.

FIG. 94 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a block interleaver 25.

FIG. 95 is a diagram illustrating an example of the number C of columns of parts 1 and 2 and part column lengths R1 and R2 for a combination of a code length N and a modulation scheme.

FIG. 96 is a diagram illustrating block interleave performed by a block interleaver 25.

FIG. 97 is a diagram illustrating group-wise interleave performed by a group-wise interleaver 24.

FIG. 98 is a diagram illustrating a 1st example of a GW pattern for an LDPC code in which a code length N is 64 k bits.

FIG. 99 is a diagram illustrating a 2nd example of a GW pattern for an LDPC code in which a code length N is 64 k bits.

FIG. 100 is a diagram illustrating a 3rd example of a GW pattern for an LDPC code in which a code length N is 64 k bits.

FIG. 101 is a diagram illustrating a 4th example of a GW pattern for an LDPC code in which a code length N is 64 k bits.

FIG. 102 is a diagram illustrating a 5th example of a GW pattern for an LDPC code in which a code length N is 64 k bits.

FIG. 103 is a diagram illustrating a 6th example of a GW pattern for an LDPC code in which a code length N is 64 k bits.

FIG. 104 is a diagram illustrating a 7th example of a GW pattern for an LDPC code in which a code length N is 64 k bits.

FIG. 105 is a diagram illustrating an 8th example of a GW pattern for an LDPC code in which a code length N is 64 k bits.

FIG. 106 is a diagram illustrating a 9th example of a GW pattern for an LDPC code in which a code length N is 64 k bits.

FIG. 107 is a diagram illustrating a 10th example of a GW pattern for an LDPC code in which a code length N is 64 k bits.

FIG. 108 is a diagram illustrating an 11th example of a GW pattern for an LDPC code in which a code length N is 64 k bits.

FIG. 109 is a diagram illustrating a 12th example of a GW pattern for an LDPC code in which a code length N is 64 k bits.

FIG. 110 is a diagram illustrating a 13th example of a GW pattern for an LDPC code in which a code length N is 64 k bits.

FIG. 111 is a diagram illustrating a 14th example of a GW pattern for an LDPC code in which a code length N is 64 k bits.

FIG. 112 is a diagram illustrating a 15th example of a GW pattern for an LDPC code in which a code length N is 64 k bits.

FIG. 113 is a diagram illustrating a 16th example of a GW pattern for an LDPC code in which a code length N is 64 k bits.

FIG. 114 is a diagram illustrating a 17th example of a GW pattern for an LDPC code in which a code length N is 64 k bits.

FIG. 115 is a diagram illustrating an 18th example of a GW pattern for an LDPC code in which a code length N is 64 k bits.

FIG. 116 is a diagram illustrating a 19th example of a GW pattern for an LDPC code in which a code length N is 64 k bits.

FIG. 117 is a diagram illustrating a 20th example of a GW pattern for an LDPC code in which a code length N is 64 k bits.

FIG. 118 is a diagram illustrating a 21st example of a GW pattern for an LDPC code in which a code length N is 64 k bits.

FIG. 119 is a diagram illustrating a 22nd example of a GW pattern for an LDPC code in which a code length N is 64 k bits.

FIG. 120 is a diagram illustrating a simulation result of a simulation of measuring an error rate.

FIG. 121 is a diagram illustrating a simulation result of a simulation of measuring an error rate.

FIG. 122 is a diagram illustrating a simulation result of a simulation of measuring an error rate.

FIG. 123 is a diagram illustrating a simulation result of a simulation of measuring an error rate.

FIG. 124 is a diagram illustrating a simulation result of a simulation of measuring an error rate.

FIG. 125 is a diagram illustrating a simulation result of a simulation of measuring an error rate.

FIG. 126 is a diagram illustrating a simulation result of a simulation of measuring an error rate.

FIG. 127 is a diagram illustrating a simulation result of a simulation of measuring an error rate.

FIG. 128 is a diagram illustrating a simulation result of a simulation of measuring an error rate.

FIG. 129 is a diagram illustrating a simulation result of a simulation of measuring an error rate.

FIG. 130 is a diagram illustrating a simulation result of a simulation of measuring an error rate.

FIG. 131 is a diagram illustrating a simulation result of a simulation of measuring an error rate.

FIG. 132 is a diagram illustrating a simulation result of a simulation of measuring an error rate.

FIG. 133 is a diagram illustrating a simulation result of a simulation of measuring an error rate.

FIG. 134 is a diagram illustrating a simulation result of a simulation of measuring an error rate.

FIG. 135 is a diagram illustrating a simulation result of a simulation of measuring an error rate.

FIG. 136 is a diagram illustrating a simulation result of a simulation of measuring an error rate.

FIG. 137 is a diagram illustrating a simulation result of a simulation of measuring an error rate.

FIG. 138 is a diagram illustrating a simulation result of a simulation of measuring an error rate.

FIG. 139 is a diagram illustrating a simulation result of a simulation of measuring an error rate.

FIG. 140 is a diagram illustrating a simulation result of a simulation of measuring an error rate.

FIG. 141 is a diagram illustrating a simulation result of a simulation of measuring an error rate.

FIG. 142 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a receiving device 12.

FIG. 143 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a bit deinterleaver 165.

FIG. 144 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a process performed by a demapper 164, a bit deinterleaver 165, and an LDPC decoder 166.

FIG. 145 is a diagram illustrating an example of a parity check matrix of an LDPC code.

FIG. 146 is a diagram illustrating an example of a matrix (a transformed parity check matrix) obtained by performing a row permutation and a column permutation on a parity check matrix.

FIG. 147 is a diagram illustrating an example of a transformed parity check matrix divided into 5×5 units.

FIG. 148 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a decoding device that collectively performs P node operations.

FIG. 149 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of an LDPC decoder 166.

FIG. 150 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a block deinterleaver 54.

FIG. 151 is a block diagram illustrating another configuration example of a bit deinterleaver 165.

FIG. 152 is a block diagram illustrating a first configuration example of a reception system that can be applied to the receiving device 12.

FIG. 153 is a block diagram illustrating a second configuration example of a reception system that can be applied to the receiving device 12.

FIG. 154 is a block diagram illustrating a third configuration example of a reception system that can be app lied to the receiving device 12.

FIG. 155 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of an embodiment of a computer to which the present technology is applied.

MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present technology will be described, but before the description of the exemplary embodiments of the present technology, an LDPC bode will be described.

<Ldpc Code>

The LDPC code is a linear code and it is not necessary for the LDPC code to be a binary code. However, in this case, it is assumed that the LDPC code is the binary code.

A maximum characteristic of the LDPC code is that a parity check matrix defining the LDPC code is sparse. In this case, the sparse matrix is a matrix in which the number of “1” of elements of the matrix is very small (a matrix in which most elements are 0).

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a parity check matrix H of the LDPC code.

In the parity check matrix H of FIG. 1, a weight of each column (the column weight) (the number of “1”) becomes “3” and a weight of each row (the row weight) becomes “6”.

In encoding using the LDPC code (LDPC encoding), for example, a generation matrix G is generated on the basis of the parity check matrix H and the generation matrix G is multiplied by binary information bits, so that a code word (LDPC code) is generated.

Specifically, an encoding device that performs the LDPC encoding first calculates the generation matrix G in which an expression GH^(T)=0 is realized, between a transposed matrix H^(T) of the parity check matrix H and the generation matrix G. In this case, when the generation matrix G is a K×N matrix, the encoding device multiplies the generation matrix G with a bit string (vector u) of information bits including K bits and generates a code word c (=uG) including N bits. The code word (LDPC code) that is generated by the encoding device is received at a reception side through a predetermined communication path.

The LDPC code can be decoded by an algorithm called probabilistic decoding suggested by Gallager, that is, a message passing algorithm using belief propagation on a so-called Tanner graph, including a variable node (also referred to as a message node) and a check node. Hereinafter, the variable node and the check node are appropriately referred to as nodes simply.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a decoding sequence of an LDPC code.

Hereinafter, a real value (a reception LLR) that is obtained by representing the likelihood of “0” of a value of an i-th code bit of the LDPC code (one code word) received by the reception side by a log likelihood ratio is appropriately referred to as a reception value u_(0i). In addition, a message output from the check node is referred to as u_(j) and a message output from the variable node is referred to as v_(i).

First, in decoding of the LDPC code, as illustrated in FIG. 2, in step S11, the LDPC code is received, the message (check node message) u_(j) is initialized to “0”, and a variable k taking an integer as a counter of repetition processing is initialized to “0”, and the processing proceeds to step S12. In step S12, the message (variable node message) v_(i) is calculated by performing an operation (variable node operation) represented by an expression (1) on the basis of the reception value u, obtained by receiving the LDPC code, and the message u is calculated by performing an operation (check node operation) represented by an expression (2), on the basis of the message v_(i).

$\begin{matrix} \left\lbrack {{Mathematical}\mspace{14mu} {Formula}\mspace{14mu} 1} \right\rbrack & \; \\ {v_{i} = {u_{0\; i} + {\sum\limits_{j = 1}^{d_{v} - 1}u_{j}}}} & (1) \\ \left\lbrack {{Mathematical}\mspace{14mu} {Formula}\mspace{14mu} 2} \right\rbrack & \; \\ {{\tanh \left( \frac{u_{j}}{2} \right)} = {\prod\limits_{i = 1}^{d_{c} - 1}\; {\tanh \left( \frac{v_{i}}{2} \right)}}} & (2) \end{matrix}$

Here, d and d, in an expression (1) and an expression (2) are respectively parameters which can be arbitrarily selected and illustrates the number of “1” in the longitudinal direction (column) and transverse direction (row) of the parity check matrix H. For example, in the case of an LDPC code ((3, 6) LDPC code) with respect to the parity check matrix H with a column weight of 3 and a row weight of 6 as illustrated in FIG. 1, d_(v)=3 and d.=6 are established.

In the variable node operation of the expression (1) and the check node operation of the expression (2), because a message input from an edge (line coupling the variable node and the check node) for outputting the message is not an operation target, an operation range becomes 1 to d_(v)−1 or 1 to d_(c)−1. The check node operation of the expression (2) is performed actually by previously making a table of a function R (v₁, v₂) represented by an expression (3) defined by one output with respect to two inputs v₁ and v₂ and using the table consecutively (recursively), as represented by an expression (4).

[Mathematical Formula 3]

x=2 tan h ⁻¹{tan h(v ₁/2)tan h(v ₂/2)}=R(v ₁ ,v ₂)  (3)

[Mathematical Formula 4]

u _(j) =R(v ₁ ,R(v ₂ ,R(v ₃ , . . . R(v _(d) ₀ ⁻² ,v _(d) ₀ ⁻¹))))  (4)

In step S12, the variable k is incremented by “1” and the processing proceeds to step S13. In step S13, it is determined whether the variable k is more than the predetermined repetition decoding number of times C. When it is determined in step S13 that the variable k is not more than C, the processing returns to step S12 and the same processing is repeated hereinafter.

When it is determined in step S13 that the variable k is more than C, the processing proceeds to step S14, the message v_(i) that corresponds to a decoding result to be finally output is calculated by performing an operation represented by an expression (5) and is output, and the decoding processing of the LDPC code ends.

$\begin{matrix} \left\lbrack {{Mathematical}\mspace{14mu} {Formula}\mspace{14mu} 5} \right\rbrack & \; \\ {v_{i} = {u_{0\; i} + {\sum\limits_{j = 1}^{d_{v}}u_{j}}}} & (5) \end{matrix}$

In this case, the operation of the expression (5) is performed using messages u_(j) from all edges connected to the variable node, differently from the variable node operation of the expression (1).

FIG. 3 illustrates an example of the parity check matrix H of the (3, 6) LDPC code (an encoding rate of 1/2 and a code length of 12).

In the parity check matrix H of FIG. 3, a weight of a column is set to 3 and a weight of a row is set to 6, similarly to FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 illustrates a Tanner graph of the parity check matrix H of FIG. 3.

In FIG. 4, the check node is represented by “+” (plus) and the variable node is represented by “=” (equal). The check node and the variable node correspond to the row and the column of the parity check matrix H. A line that couples the check node and the variable node is the edge and corresponds to “1” of elements of the parity check matrix.

That is, when an element of a j-th row and an i-th column of the parity check matrix is 1, in FIG. 4, an i-th variable node (node of “=”) from the upper side and a j-th check node (node of “+”) from the upper side are connected by the edge. The edge shows that a code bit corresponding to the variable node has a restriction condition corresponding to the check node.

In a sum product algorithm that is a decoding method of the LDPC code, the variable node operation and the check node operation are repetitively performed.

FIG. 5 illustrates the variable node operation that is performed by the variable node.

In the variable node, the message v_(i) that corresponds to the edge for calculation is calculated by the variable node operation of the expression (1) using messages u₁ and u₂ from the remaining edges connected to the variable node and the reception value u_(0i). The messages that correspond to the other edges are also calculated by the same method.

FIG. 6 illustrates the check node operation that is performed by the check node.

In this case, the check node operation of the expression (2) can be rewritten by an expression (6) using a relation of an expression a×b=exp{ln(|a|)+In(|b|)}×sign(a)×sign(b). However, sign(x) is 1 in the case of x≥0 and is −1 in the case of x<0.

$\begin{matrix} \left\lbrack {{Mathematical}\mspace{14mu} {Formula}\mspace{20mu} 6} \right\rbrack & \; \\ \begin{matrix} {u_{j} = {2\; {\tanh^{- 1}\left( {\prod\limits_{i = 1}^{d_{c} - 1}\; {\tanh \left( \frac{v_{i}}{2} \right)}} \right)}}} \\ {= {2\; {\tanh^{- 1}\left\lbrack {\exp \left\{ {\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{d_{c} - 1}{\ln \left( {{\tanh \left( \frac{v_{i}}{2} \right)}} \right)}} \right\} \times {\prod\limits_{i = 1}^{d_{c} - 1}\; {{sign}\left( {\tanh \left( \frac{v_{i}}{2} \right)} \right)}}} \right\rbrack}}} \\ {= {2\; {\tanh^{- 1}\left\lbrack {\exp \left\{ {- \left( {\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{d_{c} - 1}{\ln \left( {\tanh \left( \frac{v_{i}}{2} \right)} \right)}} \right)} \right\}} \right\rbrack} \times {\prod\limits_{i = 1}^{d_{c} - 1}\; {{sign}\left( v_{i} \right)}}}} \end{matrix} & (6) \end{matrix}$

In x≥0, if a function ϕ(x) is defined as an expression ϕ(x)=In(tan h(x/2)), an expression ϕ⁻¹(x)=2 tan h⁻¹(e^(−x)) is realized. For this reason, the expression (6) can be changed to an expression (7).

$\begin{matrix} \left\lbrack {{Mathematical}\mspace{14mu} {Formula}\mspace{14mu} 7} \right\rbrack & \; \\ {u_{j} = {{\varphi^{- 1}\left( {\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{d_{c} - 1}{\varphi \left( {v_{i}} \right)}} \right)} \times {\prod\limits_{i = 1}^{d_{c} - 1}\; {{sign}\left( v_{i} \right)}}}} & (7) \end{matrix}$

In the check node, the check node operation of the expression (2) is performed according to the expression (7).

That is, in the check node, as illustrated in FIG. 6, the message u_(j) that corresponds to the edge for calculation is calculated by the check node operation of the expression (7) using messages v₁, v₂, v₃, v₄, and v₅ from the remaining edges connected to the check node. The messages that correspond to the other edges are also calculated by the same method.

The function ϕ(x) of the expression (7) can be represented as ϕ(x)=ln((e^(x)+1)/(e^(x)−1)) and ϕ(x)=ϕ⁻¹(x) is satisfied in x>0. When the functions ϕ(x) and ϕ⁻¹(x) are mounted to hardware, the functions ϕ(x) and ϕ⁻¹(x) may be mounted using a Look Up Table (LUT). However, both the functions ϕ(x) and ϕ⁻(x) become the same LUT.

<Configuration Example of Transmission System to which Present Technology is Applied>

FIG. 7 illustrates a configuration example of an embodiment of a transmission system (a system means a logical gathering of a plurality of devices and a device of each configuration may be arranged or may not be arranged in the same casing) to which the present technology is applied.

In FIG. 7, the transmission system includes a transmitting device 11 and a receiving device 12.

For example, the transmitting device 11 transmits (broadcasts) (transfers) a program of television broadcasting, and so on. That is, for example, the transmitting device 11 encodes target data that is a transmission target such as image data and audio data as a program into LDPC codes, and, for example, transmits them through a communication path 13 such as a satellite circuit, a ground wave and a cable (wire circuit).

The receiving device 12 receives the LDPC code transmitted from the transmitting device 11 through the communication path 13, decodes the LDPC code to obtain the target data, and outputs the target data.

In this case, it is known that the LDPC code used by the transmission system of FIG. 7 shows the very high capability in an Additive White Gaussian Noise (AWGN) communication path.

Meanwhile, in the communication path 13, burst error or erasure may be generated. Especially in the case where the communication path 13 is the ground wave, for example, in an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) system, power of a specific symbol may become 0 (erasure) according to delay of an echo (paths other than a main path), under a multi-path environment in which D/U (Desired to Undesired Ratio) is 0 dB (power of Undesired=echo is equal to power of Desired n main path).

In the flutter (communication path in which delay is 0 and an echo having a Doppler frequency is added), when D/U is 0 dB, entire power of an OFDM symbol at a specific time may become 0 (erasure) by the Doppler frequency.

In addition, the burst error may be generated due to a situation of a wiring line from a receiving unit (not illustrated in the drawings) of the side of the receiving device 12 such as an antenna receiving a signal from the transmitting device 11 to the receiving device 12 or instability of a power supply of the receiving device 12.

Meanwhile, in decoding of the LDPC code, in the variable node corresponding to the column of the parity check matrix H and the code bit of the LDPC code, as illustrated in FIG. 5, the variable node operation of the expression (1) with the addition of (the reception value u_(oi) of) the code bit of the LDPC code is performed. For this reason, if error is generated in the code bits used for the variable node operation, precision of the calculated message is deteriorated.

In the decoding of the LDPC code, in the check node, the check node operation of the expression (7) is performed using the message calculated by the variable node connected to the check node. For this reason, if the number of check nodes in which error (including erasure) is generated simultaneously in (the code bits of the LDPC codes corresponding to) the plurality of connected variable nodes increases, decoding performance is deteriorated.

That is, if the two or more variable nodes of the variable nodes connected to the check node become simultaneously erasure, the check node returns a message in which the probability of a value being 0 and the probability of a value being 1 are equal to each other, to all the variable nodes. In this case, the check node that returns the message of the equal probabilities does not contribute to one decoding processing (one set of the variable node operation and the check node operation). As a result, it is necessary to increase the repetition number of times of the decoding processing, the decoding performance is deteriorated, and consumption power of the receiving device 12 that performs decoding of the LDPC code increases.

Therefore, in the transmission system of FIG. 7, tolerance against the burst error or the erasure can be improved while performance in the AWGN communication path (AWGN channel) is maintained.

<Configuration Example of Transmitting Device 11>

FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the transmitting device 11 of FIG. 7.

In the transmitting device 11, one or more input streams corresponding to target data are supplied to a mode adaptation/multiplexer 111.

The mode adaptation/multiplexer 111 performs mode selection and processes such as multiplexing of one or more input streams supplied thereto, as needed, and supplies data obtained as a result to a padder 112.

The padder 112 performs necessary zero padding (insertion of Null) with respect to the data supplied from the mode adaptation/multiplexer 111 and supplies data obtained as a result to a BB scrambler 113.

The BB scrambler 113 performs base-band scrambling (BB scrambling) with respect to the data supplied from the padder 112 and supplies data obtained as a result to a BCH encoder 114.

The BCH encoder 114 performs BCH encoding with respect to the data supplied from the BB scrambler 113 and supplies data obtained as a result as LDPC target data to be an LDPC encoding target to an LDPC encoder 115.

The LDPC encoder 115 performs LDPC encoding according to a parity check matrix or the like in which a parity matrix to be a portion corresponding to a parity bit of an LDPC code becomes a staircase (dual diagonal) structure with respect to the LDPC target data supplied from the BCH encoder 114, for example, and outputs an LDPC code in which the LDPC target data is information bits.

That is, the LDPC encoder 115 performs the LDPC encoding to encode the LDPC target data with an LDPC such as the LDPC code (corresponding to the parity check matrix) defined in the predetermined standard of the DVB-S.2, the DVB-T.2, the DVB-C.2 or the like, and the LDPC code (corresponding to the parity check matrix) or the like that is to be employed in ATSC 3.0, and outputs the LDPC code obtained as a result.

The LDPC code defined in the standard of the DVB-T.2 and the LDPC code that is to be employed in ATSC 3.0 are an Irregular Repeat Accumulate (IRA) code and a parity matrix of the parity check matrix of the LDPC code becomes a staircase structure. The parity matrix and the staircase structure will be described later. The IRA code is described in “Irregular Repeat-Accumulate Codes”, H. Jin, A. Khandekar, and R. J. McEliece, in Proceedings of 2nd International Symposium on Turbo codes and Related Topics, pp. 1-8, September 2000, for example.

The LDPC code that is output by the LDPC encoder 115 is supplied to the bit interleaver 116.

The bit interleaver 116 performs bit interleave to be described later with respect to the LDPC code supplied from the LDPC encoder 115 and supplies the LDPC code after the bit interleave to an mapper 117.

The mapper 117 maps the LDPC code supplied from the bit interleaver 116 to a signal point representing one symbol of orthogonal modulation in a unit (symbol unit) of code bits of one or more bits of the LDPC code and performs the orthogonal modulation (multilevel modulation).

That is, the mapper 117 maps the LDPC code supplied from the bit interleaver 116 to a signal point determined by a modulation method performing the orthogonal modulation of the LDPC code, on an IQ plane (IQ constellation) defined by an I axis representing an I component of the same phase as a carrier and a Q axis representing a Q component orthogonal to the carrier, and performs the orthogonal modulation.

When the number of signal points decided in the modulation scheme of the orthogonal modulation performed by the mapper 117 is 2^(m), m-bit code bits of the LDPC code are used as a symbol (one symbol), and the mapper 117 maps the LDPC code supplied from the bit interleaver 116 to a signal point indicating a symbol among the 2^(m) signal points in units of symbols.

Here, examples of the modulation scheme of the orthogonal modulation performed by the mapper 117 include a modulation scheme specified in a standard such as DVB-T.2, a modulation scheme that is scheduled to be employed in ATSC 3.0, and other modulation schemes, that is, including Binary Phase Shift Keying (BPSK), Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (QPSK), 8 Phase-Shift Keying (8PSK), 16 Amplitude Phase-Shift Keying (APSK), 32APSK, 16 Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM), 16QAM, 64QAM, 256QAM, 1024QAM, 4096QAM, and 4 Pulse Amplitude Modulation (PAM). A modulation scheme by which the orthogonal modulation is performed in the mapper 117 is set in advance, for example, according to an operation of an operator of the transmitting device 11.

The data (a mapping result of mapping the symbol to the signal point) obtained by the process of the mapper 117 is supplied to a time interleaver 118.

The time interleaver 118 performs time interleave (interleave in a time direction) in a unit of symbol with respect to the data supplied from the mapper 117 and supplies data obtained as a result to an single input single output/multiple input single output encoder (SISO/MISO encoder) 119.

The SISO/MISO encoder 119 performs spatiotemporal encoding with respect to the data supplied from the time interleaver 118 and supplies the data to the frequency interleaver 120.

The frequency interleaver 120 performs frequency interleave (interleave in a frequency direction) in a unit of symbol with respect to the data supplied from the SISO/MISO encoder 119 and supplies the data to a frame builder/resource allocation unit 131.

On the other hand, for example, control data (signalling) for transfer control such as BB signaling (Base Band Signalling) (BB Header) is supplied to the BCH encoder 121.

The BCH encoder 121 performs the BCH encoding with respect to the control data supplied thereto and supplies data obtained as a result to an LDPC encoder 122, similarly to the BCH encoder 114.

The LDPC encoder 122 sets the data supplied from the BCH encoder 121 as LDPC target data, performs the LDPC encoding with respect to the data, and supplies an LDPC code obtained as a result to a mapper 123, similarly to the LDPC encoder 115.

The mapper 123 maps the LDPC code supplied from the LDPC encoder 122 to a signal point representing one symbol of orthogonal modulation in a unit (symbol unit) of code bits of one or more bits of the LDPC code, performs the orthogonal modulation, and supplies data obtained as a result to the frequency interleaver 124, similarly to the mapper 117.

The frequency interleaver 124 performs the frequency interleave in a unit of symbol with respect to the data supplied from the mapper 123 and supplies the data to the frame builder/resource allocation unit 131, similarly to the frequency interleaver 120.

The frame builder/resource allocation unit 131 inserts symbols of pilots into necessary positions of the data (symbols) supplied from the frequency interleavers 120 and 124, configures a frame (for example, a physical layer (PL) frame, a T2 frame, a C2 frame, and so on) including a predetermined number of symbols from data (symbols) obtained as a result, and supplies the frame to an OFDM generating unit 132.

The OFDM generating unit 132 generates an OFDM signal corresponding to the frame from the frame supplied from the frame builder/resource allocation unit 131 and transmits the OFDM signal through the communication path 13 (FIG. 7).

Here, for example, the transmitting device 11 can be configured without including part of the blocks illustrated in FIG. 8 such as the time interleaver 118, the SISO/MISO encoder 119, the frequency interleaver 120 and the frequency interleaver 124.

<Configuration Example of Bit Interleaver 116>

FIG. 9 illustrates a configuration example of the bit interleaver 116 of FIG. 8.

The bit interleaver 116 has a function of interleaving data, and includes a parity interleaver 23, a group-wise interleaver 24, and a block interleaver 25.

The parity interleaver 23 performs parity interleave for interleaving the parity bits of the LDPC code supplied from the LDPC encoder 115 into positions of other parity bits and supplies the LDPC code after the parity interleave to the group-wise interleaver 24.

The group-wise interleaver 24 performs the group-wise interleave with respect to the LDPC code supplied from the parity interleaver 23 and supplies the LDPC code after the group-wise interleave to the block interleaver 25.

Here, in the group-wise interleave, 360 bits of one segment are used as a bit group, where the LDPC code of one code is divided into segments in units of 360 bits equal to the unit size P which will be described later, and the LDPC code supplied from the parity interleaver 23 is interleaved in units of bit groups, starting from the head.

When the group-wise interleave is performed, the error rate can be improved to be better than when the group-wise interleave is not performed, and as a result, it is possible to secure the excellent communication quality in the data transmission.

The block interleaver 25 performs block interleave for demultiplexing the LDPC code supplied from the group-wise interleaver 24, converts, for example, the LDPC code corresponding to one code into an m-bit symbol serving as a mapping unit, and supplies the m-bit symbol to the mapper 117 (FIG. 8).

Here, in the block interleave, for example, the LDPC code corresponding to one code is converted into the m-bit symbol such that the LDPC code supplied from the group-wise interleaver 24 is written in a storage region in which columns serving as a storage region storing a predetermined number of bits in a column (vertical) direction are arranged in a row (horizontal) direction by the number m of bits of the symbol in the column direction and read from the storage region in the row direction.

<Parity Check Matrix H of the LDPC Code>

Next, FIG. 10 illustrates an example of the parity check matrix H that is used for LDPC encoding by the LDPC encoder 115 of FIG. 8.

The parity check matrix H becomes a Low-Density Generation Matrix (LDGM) structure and can be represented by an expression H=[H_(A)|H_(T)] (a matrix in which elements of the information matrix H_(A) are set to left elements and elements of the parity matrix H_(T) are set to right elements), using an information matrix H_(A) of a portion corresponding to information bits among the code bits of the LDPC code and a parity matrix H_(T) corresponding to the parity bits.

In this case, a bit number of the information bits among the code bits of one code of LDPC code (one code word) and a bit number of the parity bits are referred to as an information length K and a parity length M, respectively, and a bit number of the code bits of one code (one code word) of LDPC code is referred to as a code length N(=K+M).

The information length K and the parity length M of the LDPC code having the certain code length N are determined by an encoding rate. The parity check matrix H becomes a matrix in which row×column is M×N (a matrix of M×N). The information matrix H_(A) becomes a matrix of M×K and the parity matrix H_(T) becomes a matrix of M×M.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of the parity matrix H_(T) of the parity check matrix H used for LDPC encoding in the LDPC encoder 115 of FIG. 8.

The parity matrix 1H of the parity check matrix H used for LDPC encoding in the LDPC encoder 115 is identical to, for example, the parity matrix H_(T) of the parity check matrix H of the LDPC code specified in a standard such as DVB-T.2.

The parity matrix H of the parity check matrix H of the LDPC code that is defined in the standard of the DVB-T.2 or the like becomes a staircase structure matrix (lower bidiagonal matrix) in which elements of 1 are arranged in a staircase shape, as illustrated in FIG. 11. The row weight of the parity matrix Hr becomes 1 with respect to the first row and becomes 2 with respect to the remaining rows. The column weight becomes 1 with respect to the final column and becomes 2 with respect to the remaining columns.

As described above, the LDPC code of the parity check matrix H in which the parity matrix H_(T) becomes the staircase structure can be easily generated using the parity check matrix H.

That is, the LDPC code (one code word) is represented by a row vector c and a column vector obtained by transposing the row vector is represented by C^(T). In addition, a portion of information bits of the row vector c to be the LDPC code is represented by a row vector A and a portion of the parity bits is represented by a row vector T.

The row vector c can be represented by an expression c=[A|T] (a row vector in which elements of the row vector A are set to left elements and elements of the row vector T are set to right elements), using the row vector A corresponding to the information bits and the row vector T corresponding to the parity bits.

In the parity check matrix H and the row vector c=[A|T] corresponding to the LDPC code, it is necessary to satisfy an expression Hc^(T)=0. The row vector T that corresponds to the parity bits constituting the row vector c=[A|T] satisfying the expression Hc^(T)=0 can be sequentially calculated by setting elements of each row to 0, sequentially (in order) from elements of a first row of the column vector Hc^(T) in the expression Hc^(T)=0, when the parity matrix H_(T) of the parity check matrix H=[H_(A)|H_(T)] becomes the staircase structure illustrated in FIG. 11.

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating the parity check matrix H of the LDPC code that is defined in the standard of the DVB-T.2 or the like.

The column weight becomes X with respect to KX columns from a first column of the parity check matrix H of the LDPC code defined in the standard of the DVB-T.2 or the like, becomes 3 with respect to the following K3 columns, becomes 2 with respect to the following (M−1) columns, and becomes 1 with respect to a final column.

In this case, KX+K3+M−1+1 is equal to the code length N.

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating column numbers KX, K3, and M and a column weight X, with respect to each encoding rate r of the LDPC code defined in the standard of the DVB-T.2 or the like.

In the standard of the DVB-T.2 or the like, LDPC codes that have code lengths N of 64800 bits and 16200 bits are defined.

With respect to the LDPC code having the code length N of 64800 bits, 11 encoding rates (nominal rates) of 1/4, 1/3, 2/5, 1/2, 3/5, 2/3, 3/4, 4/5, 5/6, 8/9, and 9/10 are defined.

With respect to the LDPC code having the code length N of 16200 bits, 10 encoding rates of 1/4, 1/3, 2/5, 1/2, 3/5, 2/3, 3/4, 4/5, 5/6, and 8/9 are defined.

Hereinafter, the code length N of the 64800 bits is referred to as 64 kbits and the code length N of the 16200 is referred to as 16 kbits.

With respect to the LDPC code, an error rate tends to be lower in a code bit corresponding to a column of which a column weight of the parity check matrix H is large.

In the parity check matrix H that is illustrated in FIGS. 12 and 13 and is defined in the standard of the DVB-T.2 or the like, a column weight of a column of a head side (left side) tends to be large. Therefore, with respect to the LDPC code corresponding to the parity check matrix H, a code bit of a head aide tends to be strong for error (there is tolerance against the error) and a code bit of an ending side tends to be weak for the error.

<Parity Interleave>

Next, the parity interleave by the parity interleaver 23 of FIG. 9 will be described with reference to FIGS. 14 to 16.

FIG. 14 illustrates an example of (a part of) a Tanner graph of the parity check matrix of the LDPC code.

As illustrated in FIG. 14, if a plurality of, for example, two variable nodes among (the code bits corresponding to) the variable nodes connected to the check node simultaneously become the error such as the erasure, the check node returns a message in which the probability of a value being 0 and the probability of a value being 1 are equal to each other, to all the variable nodes connected to the check node. For this reason, if the plurality of variable nodes connected to the same check node simultaneously become the erasure, decoding performance is deteriorated.

Meanwhile, the LDPC code that is output by the LDPC encoder 115 of FIG. 8 is an IRA code, same as the LDPC code that is defined in the standard of the DVB-T.2 or the like, and the parity matrix Hr of the parity check matrix H becomes a staircase structure, as illustrated in FIG. 11.

FIG. 15 illustrates the parity matrix H₆ becoming the staircase structure as illustrated in FIG. 11, and an example of a Tanner graph corresponding to the parity matrix H_(T).

That is, A of FIG. 15 illustrates an example of the parity matrix H_(T) becoming the staircase structure and B of FIG. 15 illustrates the Tanner graph corresponding to the parity matrix H_(T) of A of FIG. 15.

In the parity matrix H_(T) with a staircase structure, elements of 1 are adjacent in each row (excluding the first row). Therefore, in the Tanner graph of the parity matrix H_(T), two adjacent variable nodes corresponding to a column of two adjacent elements in which the value of the parity matrix H_(T) is 1 are connected with the same check node.

Therefore, when parity bits corresponding to two above-mentioned adjacent variable nodes become errors at the same time by burst error and erasure, and so on, the check node connected with two variable nodes (variable nodes to find a message by the use of parity bits) corresponding to those two parity bits that became errors returns message that the probability with a value of 0 and the probability with a value of 1 are equal probability, to the variable nodes connected with the check node, and therefore the performance of decoding is deteriorated. Further, when the burst length (bit number of parity bits that continuously become errors) becomes large, the number of check nodes that return the message of equal probability increases and the performance of decoding is further deteriorated.

Therefore, the parity interleaver 23 (FIG. 9) performs the parity interleave for interleaving the parity bits of the LDPC code from the LDPC encoder 115 into positions of other parity bits, to prevent the decoding performance from being deteriorated.

FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating the parity matrix H_(T) of the parity check matrix H corresponding to the LDPC code that has undergone the parity interleave performed by the parity interleaver 23 of FIG. 9.

Here, the information matrix H_(A) of the parity check matrix H corresponding to the LDPC code output by the LDPC encoder 115 has a cyclic structure, similarly to the information matrix of the parity check matrix H corresponding to the LDPC code specified in a standard such as DVB-T.2.

The cyclic structure refers to a structure in which a certain column matches one obtained by cyclically shifting another column, and includes, for example, a structure in which a position of I of each row of P columns becomes a position obtained by cyclically shifting a first column of the P columns in the column direction by a predetermined value such as a value that is proportional to a value q obtained by dividing a parity length M for every P columns. Hereinafter, the P columns in the cyclic structure are referred to appropriately as a unit size.

As an LDPC code defined in a standard such as DVB-T.2, as described in FIGS. 12 and 13, there are two kinds of LDPC codes whose code length N is 64800 bits and 16200 bits, and, for both of those two kinds of LDPC codes, the unit size P is defined as 360 which is one of divisors excluding 1 and M among the divisors of the parity length M.

The parity length M becomes a value other than primes represented by an expression M=q×P−q×360, using a value q different according to the encoding rate. Therefore, similarly to the unit size P, the value q is one other than 1 and M among the divisors of the parity length M and is obtained by dividing the parity length M by the unit size P (the product of P and q to be the divisors of the parity length M becomes the parity length M).

As described above, when information length is assumed to be K, an integer equal to or greater than 0 and less than P is assumed to be x and an integer equal to or greater than 0 and less than q is assumed to be y, the parity interleaver 23 interleaves the (K+qx+y+1)-th code bit among code bits of an LDPC code of N bits to the position of the (K+Py+x+1)-th code bit as parity interleave.

Since both of the (K+qx+y+1)-th code bit and the (K+Py+x+1)-th code bit are code bits after the (K+1)-th one, they are parity bits, and therefore the positions of the parity bits of the LDPC code are moved according to the parity interleave.

According to the parity interleave, (the parity bits corresponding to) the variable nodes connected to the same check node are separated by the unit size P, that is, 360 bits in this case. For this reason, when the burst length is less than 360 bits, the plurality of variable nodes connected to the same check node can be prevented from simultaneously becoming the error. As a result, tolerance against the burst error can be improved.

The LDPC code after the interleave for interleaving the (K+gx+y+1)-th code bit into the position of the (K+Py+x+1)-th code bit is matched with an LDPC code of a parity check matrix (hereinafter, referred to as a transformed parity check matrix) obtained by performing column replacement for replacing the (K+qx+y+1)-th column of the original parity check matrix H with the (K−Py+x+1)-th column.

In the parity matrix of the transformed parity check matrix, as illustrated in FIG. 16, a pseudo cyclic structure that uses the P columns (in FIG. 16, 360 columns) as a unit appears.

Here, the pseudo cyclic structure is a structure in which the remaining portion excluding a part has the cyclic structure.

The transformed parity check matrix obtained by performing the column permutation corresponding to the parity interleave on the parity check matrix of the LDPC code specified in the standard such as DVB-T.2 has the pseudo cyclic structure rather than the (perfect) cyclic structure since it is one 1 element short (it is a 0 element) in a portion (a shift matrix which will be described later) of a 360×360 matrix of a right top corner portion of the transformed parity check matrix.

The transformed parity check matrix for the parity check matrix of the LDPC code output by the LDPC encoder 115 has the pseudo cyclic structure, for example, similarly to the transformed parity check matrix for the parity check matrix of the LDPC code specified in the standard such as DVB-T.2.

The transformed parity check matrix of FIG. 16 becomes a matrix that is obtained by performing the column replacement corresponding to the parity interleave and replacement (row replacement) of a row to configure the transformed parity check matrix with a constitutive matrix to be described later, with respect to the original parity check matrix H.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart illustrating processing executed by the LDPC encoder 115, the bit interleaver 116, and the mapper 117 of FIG. 8.

The LDPC encoder 115 awaits supply of the LDPC target data from the BCH encoder 114. In step S101, the LDPC encoder 115 encodes the LDPC target data with the LDPC code and supplies the LDPC code to the bit interleaver 116. The processing proceeds to step S102.

In step S102, the bit interleaver 116 performs the bit interleave on the LDPC code supplied from the LDPC encoder 115, and supplies the symbol obtained by the bit interleave to the mapper 117, and the process proceeds to step S103.

That is, in step S102, in the bit interleaver 116 (FIG. 9), the parity interleaver 23 performs parity interleave with respect to the LDPC code supplied from the LDPC encoder 115 and supplies the LDPC code after the parity interleave to the group-wise interleaver 24.

The group-wise interleaver 24 performs the group-wise interleave on the LDPC code supplied from the parity interleaver 23, and supplies the resulting LDPC code to the block interleaver 25.

The block interleaver 25 performs the block interleave on the LDPC code that has undergone the group-wise interleave performed by the group-wise interleaver 24, and supplies the m-bit symbol obtained as a result to the mapper 117.

In step S103, the mapper 117 maps the symbol supplied from the block interleaver 25 to anyone of the 2 signal points decided in the modulation scheme of the orthogonal modulation performed by the mapper 117, performs the orthogonal modulation, and supplies data obtained as a result to the time interleaver 118.

As described above, by performing the parity interleave and the group-wise interleave, it is possible to improve the error rate when transmission is performed using a plurality of code bits of the LDPC code as one symbol.

Here, in FIG. 9, for the sake of convenience of description, the parity interleaver 23 serving as the block performing the parity interleave and the group-wise interleaver 24 serving as the block performing the group-wise interleave are configured individually, but the parity interleaver 23 and the group-wise interleaver 24 may be configured integrally.

That is, both the parity interleave and the group-wise interleave can be performed by writing and reading of the code bits with respect to the memory and can be represented by a matrix to convert an address (write address) to perform writing of the code bits into an address (read address) to perform reading of the code bits.

Therefore, if a matrix obtained by multiplying a matrix representing the parity interleave and a matrix representing the group-wise interleave is calculated, the code bits are converted by the matrixes, the parity interleave is performed, and a group-wise interleave result of the LDPC code after the parity interleave can be obtained.

In addition to the parity interleaver 23 and the group-wise interleaver 24, the block interleaver 25 can be integrally configured.

That is, the block interleave executed by the block interleaver 25 can be represented by the matrix to convert the write address of the memory storing the LDPC code into the read address.

Therefore, if a matrix obtained by multiplying the matrix representing the parity interleave, the matrix representing the group-wise interleave, and the matrix representing the block interleave is calculated, the parity interleave, the group-wise interleave, and the block interleave can be collectively executed by the matrixes.

<Configuration Example of LDPC Encoder 115>

FIG. 18 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the LDPC encoder 115 of FIG. 8.

The LDPC encoder 122 of FIG. 8 is also configured in the same manner.

As described in FIGS. 12 and 13, in the standard of the DVB-T.2 or the like, the LDPC codes that have the two code lengths N of 64800 bits and 16200 bits are defined.

With respect to the LDPC code having the code length N of 64800 bits, 11 encoding rates of 1/4, 1/3, 2/5, 1/2, 3/5, 2/3, 3/4, 4/5, 5/6, 8/9, and 9/10 are defined. With respect to the LDPC code having the code length N of 16200 bits, 10 encoding rates of 1/4, 1/3, 2/5, 1/2, 3/5, 2/3, 3/4, 4/5, 5/6, and 8/9 are defined (FIGS. 12 and 13).

For example, the LDPC encoder 115 can perform encoding (error correction encoding) using the LDPC code of each encoding rate having the code length N of 64800 bits or 16200 bits, according to the parity check matrix H prepared for each code length N and each encoding rate.

The LDPC encoder 115 includes an encoding processing unit 601 and a storage unit 602.

The encoding processing unit 601 includes an encoding rate setting unit 611, an initial value table reading unit 612, a parity check matrix generating unit 613, an information bit reading unit 614, an encoding parity operation unit 615, an a control unit 616. The encoding processing unit 601 performs the LDPC encoding of LDPC target data supplied to the LDPC encoder 115 and supplies an LDPC code obtained as a result to the bit interleaver 116 (FIG. 8).

That is, the encoding rate setting unit 611 sets the code length N and the encoding rate of the LDPC code, according to an operation of an operator.

The initial value table reading unit 612 reads a parity check matrix initial value table to be described later, which corresponds to the code length N and the encoding rate set by the encoding rate setting unit 611, from the storage unit 602.

The parity check matrix generating unit 613 generates a parity check matrix H by arranging elements of 1 of an information matrix H_(A) corresponding to an information length K (=information length N−parity length M) according to the code length N and the encoding rate set by the encoding rate setting unit 611 in the column direction with a period of 360 columns (unit size P), on the basis of the parity check matrix initial value table read by the initial value table reading unit 612, and stores the parity check matrix H in the storage unit 602.

The information bit reading unit 614 reads (extracts) information bits corresponding to the information length K, from the LDPC target data supplied to the LDPC encoder 115.

The encoding parity operation unit 615 reads the parity check matrix H generated by the parity check matrix generating unit 613 from the storage unit 602, and generates a code word (LDPC code) by calculating parity bits for the information bits read by the information bit reading unit 614 on the basis of a predetermined expression using the parity check matrix H.

The control unit 616 controls each block constituting the encoding processing unit 601.

In the storage unit 602, a plurality of parity check matrix initial value tables that correspond to the plurality of encoding rates illustrated in FIGS. 12 and 13, with respect to the code lengths N such as the 64800 bits and 16200 bits, are stored. In addition, the storage unit 602 temporarily stores data that is necessary for processing of the encoding processing unit 601.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart illustrating an example of processing of the LDPC encoder 115 of FIG. 18.

In step S201, the encoding rate setting unit 611 determines (sets) the code length N and the encoding rate r to perform the LDPC encoding.

In step S202, the initial value table reading unit 612 reads the previously determined parity check matrix initial value table corresponding to the code length N and the encoding rate r determined by the encoding rate setting unit 611, from the storage unit 602.

In step S203, the parity check matrix generating unit 613 calculates (generates) the parity check matrix H of the LDPC code of the code length N and the encoding rate r determined by the encoding rate setting unit 611, using the parity check matrix initial value table read from the storage unit 602 by the initial value table reading unit 612, supplies the parity check matrix to the storage unit 602, and stores the parity check matrix in the storage unit.

In step S204, the information bit reading unit 614 reads the information bits of the information length K (=N×r) corresponding to the code length N and the encoding rate r determined by the encoding rate setting unit 611, from the LDPC target data supplied to the LDPC encoder 115, reads the parity check matrix H calculated by the parity check matrix generating unit 613 from the storage unit 602, and supplies the information bits and the parity check matrix to the encoding parity operation unit 615.

In step S205, the encoding parity operation unit 615 sequentially operates parity bits of a code word c that satisfies an expression (8) using the information bits and the parity check matrix H that have been read from the information bit reading unit 614.

Hc ^(T)=0  (8)

In the expression (8), c represents a row vector as the code word (LDPC code) and c^(T) represents transposition of the row vector c.

As described above, when a portion of the information bits of the row vector c as the LDPC code (one code word) is represented by a row vector A and a portion of the parity bits is represented by a row vector T, the row vector c can be represented by an expression c [A/T], using the row vector A as the information bits and the row vector T as the parity bits.

In the parity check matrix H and the row vector c=[A|T] corresponding to the LDPC code, it is necessary to satisfy an expression Hc^(T)=0. The row vector T that corresponds to the parity bits constituting the row vector c=[A|T] satisfying the expression Hc^(T)=0 can be sequentially calculated by setting elements of each row to 0, sequentially from elements of a first row of the column vector Hc^(T) in the expression Hc^(T)=0, when the parity matrix H; of the parity check matrix H=[H_(A)|H_(T)] becomes the staircase structure illustrated in FIG. 11.

If the encoding parity operation unit 615 calculates the parity bits T with respect to the information bits A from the information bit reading unit 614, the encoding parity operation unit 615 outputs the code word c=[A/T] represented by the information bits A and the parity bits T as an LDPC encoding result of the information bits A.

Then, in step 6206, the control unit 616 determines whether the LDPC encoding ends. When it is determined in step 3206 that the LDPC encoding does not end, that is, when there is LDPC target data to perform the LDPC encoding, the processing returns to step S201 (or step S204). Hereinafter, the processing of steps S201 (or step S204) to 6206 is repeated.

When it is determined in step 6206 that the LDPC encoding ends, that is, there is no LDPC target data to perform the LDPC encoding, the LDPC encoder 115 ends the processing.

As described above, the parity check matrix initial value table corresponding to each code length N and each encoding rate r is prepared and the LDPC encoder 115 performs the LDPC encoding of the predetermined code length N and the predetermined encoding rate r, using the parity check matrix H generated from the parity check matrix initial value table corresponding to the predetermined code length N and the predetermined encoding rate r.

<Example of the Parity Check Matrix Initial Value Table>

The parity check matrix initial value table is a table that represents positions of elements of 1 of the information matrix H_(A) (FIG. 10) of the parity check matrix H corresponding to the information length K according to the code length N and the encoding rate r of the LDPC code (LDPC code defined by the parity check matrix H) for every 360 columns (unit size P) and is previously made for each parity check matrix H of each code length N and each encoding rate r.

That is, the parity check matrix initial value table represents at least positions of elements of 1 of the information matrix H_(A) for every 360 columns (unit size P).

Examples of the parity check matrix H include a parity check matrix in which the (whole) parity matrix H_(T) has the staircase structure, which is specified in DVB-T.2 or the like and a parity check matrix in which a part of the parity matrix H_(T) has the staircase structure, and the remaining portion is a diagonal matrix (a unit matrix), which is proposed by CRC/ETRI.

Hereinafter, an expression scheme of a parity check matrix initial value table indicating the parity check matrix in which the parity matrix H_(T) has the staircase structure, which is specified in DVB-T.2 or the like, is referred to as a DVB scheme, and an expression scheme of a parity check matrix initial value table indicating the parity check matrix proposed by CRC/ETRI is referred to as an ETRI scheme.

FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating an example of the parity check matrix initial value table in the DVB method.

That is, FIG. 20 illustrates a parity check matrix initial value table with respect to the parity check matrix H that is defined in the standard of the DVB-T.2 and has the code length N of 16200 bits and the encoding rate (an encoding rate of notation of the DVB-T.2) r of 1/4.

The parity check matrix generating unit 613 (FIG. 18) calculates the parity check matrix H using the parity check matrix initial value table in the DVB method, as follows.

FIG. 21 is a diagram illustrating a method of calculating a parity check matrix H from a parity check matrix initial value table in the DVB method.

That is, FIG. 21 illustrates a parity check matrix initial value table with respect to the parity check matrix H that is defined in the standard of the DVB-T.2 and has the code length N of 16200 bits and the encoding rate r of 2/3.

The parity check matrix initial value table in the DVB method is the table that represents the positions of the elements of 1 of the whole information matrix H_(A) corresponding to the information length K according to the code length N and the encoding rate r of the LDPC code for every 360 columns (unit size P). In the i-th row thereof, row numbers (row numbers when a row number of a first row of the parity check matrix H is set to 0) of elements of 1 of a (1+360×(i−1))-th column of the parity check matrix H are arranged by a number of column weights of the (1+360×(i−1))-th column.

Here, since the parity matrix H_(T) (FIG. 10) corresponding to the parity length M in the parity check matrix H of the DVB scheme is fixed to the staircase structure as illustrated in FIG. 15, it is possible to obtain the parity check matrix H if it is possible to obtain the information matrix H_(A) (FIG. 10) corresponding to the information length K through the parity check matrix initial value table.

A row number k+1 of the parity check matrix initial value table in the DVB method is different according to the information length K.

A relation of an expression (9) is realized between the information length K and the row number k+1 of the parity check matrix initial value table.

K=(k+1)×360  (9)

In this case, 360 of the expression (9) is the unit size P described in FIG. 16.

In the parity check matrix initial value table of FIG. 21, 13 numerical values are arranged from the first row to the third row and 3 numerical values are arranged from the fourth row to the (k+1)-th row (in FIG. 21, the 30th row).

Therefore, the column weights of the parity check matrix H that are calculated from the parity check matrix initial value table of FIG. 21 are 13 from the first column to the (1+360×(3−1)−1)-th column and are 3 from the (1+360×(3−1))-th column to the K-th column.

The first row of the parity check matrix initial value table of FIG. 21 becomes 0, 2084, 1613, 1548, 1286, 1460, 3196, 4297, 2481, 3369, 3451, 4620, and 2622, which shows that elements of rows having row numbers of 0, 2084, 1613, 1548, 1286, 1460, 3196, 4297, 2481, 3369, 3451, 4620, and 2622 are 1 (and the other elements are 0), in the first column of the parity check matrix H.

The second row of the parity check matrix initial value table of FIG. 21 becomes 1, 122, 1516, 3448, 2880, 1407, 1847, 3799, 3529, 373, 971, 4358, and 3108, which shows that elements of rows having row numbers of 1, 122, 1516, 3448, 2880, 1407, 1847, 3799, 3529, 373, 971, 4358, and 3108 are 1, in the 361 (=1+360×(2−1))-th column of the parity check matrix H.

As described above, the parity check matrix initial value table represents positions of elements of 1 of the information matrix H_(A) of the parity check matrix H for every 360 columns.

The columns other than the (1+360×(i−1))-th column of the parity check matrix H, that is, the individual columns from the (2+360×(i−1))-th column to the (360×i)-th column are arranged by cyclically shifting elements of 1 of the (1+360×(i−1))-th column determined by the parity check matrix initial value table periodically in a downward direction (downward direction of the columns) according to the parity length M.

That is, the (2+360×(i−1))-th column is obtained by cyclically shifting (1+360×(i−1))-th column in the downward direction by M/360 (=q) and the next (3+360×(i−1))-th column is obtained by cyclically shifting (1+360×(i−1))-th column in the downward direction by 2× M/360 (=2×q) (obtained by cyclically shifting (2+360×(i−1))-th column in the downward direction by M/360 (=q)).

If a numerical value of a j-th column (j-th column from the left side) of an i-th row (i-th row from the upper side) of the parity check matrix initial value table is represented as h_(i), i and a row number of the j-th element of 1 of the w-th column of the parity check matrix H is represented as H_(w-j), the row number H_(w-j), of the element of 1 of the w-th column to be a column other than the (1+360×(i−1))-th column of the parity check matrix H can be calculated by an expression (10).

H _(w-j)=mod{h _(i,j)+mod((w−1),P)×q,M}  (10)

In this case, mod (x, y) means a remainder that is obtained by dividing x by y.

In addition, P is a unit size described above. In the present embodiment, for example, same as the standard of the DVB-S.2, the DVB-T.2, and the DVB-C.2, P is 360. In addition, q is a value M/360 that is obtained by dividing the parity length M by the unit size P (=360).

The parity check matrix generating unit 613 (FIG. 18) specifies the row numbers of the elements of 1 of the (1+360×(i−1))-th column of the parity check matrix H by the parity check matrix initial value table.

The parity check matrix generating unit 613 (FIG. 18) calculates the row number H_(w-j) of the element of 1 of the w-th column to be the column other than the (1+360×(i−1))-th column of the parity check matrix H, according to the expression (10), and generates the parity check matrix H in which the element of the obtained row number is set to 1.

FIG. 22 is a diagram illustrating a structure of the parity check matrix of the ETRI scheme.

The parity check matrix of the ETRI scheme is configured with an A matrix, a B matrix, a C matrix, a D matrix, and a Z matrix.

The A matrix is a g×K upper left matrix of the parity check matrix expressed by a predetermined value g and the information length K of the LDPC code (=the code length N×the encoding rate r).

The B matrix is a g×g matrix having the staircase structure adjacent to the right of the A matrix.

The C matrix is an (N−K−g)× (K+g) matrix below the A matrix and the B matrix.

The D matrix is an (N−K−g)× (N−K−g) unit matrix adjacent to the right of the C matrix.

The Z matrix is a g×(N−K−g) zero matrix (zero matrix) adjacent to the right of the B matrix.

In the parity check matrix of the ETRI scheme configured with the A to D matrices and the Z matrix, the A matrix and a portion of the C matrix configure an information matrix, and the B matrix, the remaining portion of the C matrix, the D matrix, and the Z matrix configure a parity matrix.

Further, since the B matrix is the matrix having the staircase structure, and the D matrix is the unit matrix, a portion (a portion of the B matrix) of the parity matrix of the parity check matrix of the ETRI scheme has the staircase structure, and the remaining portion (the portion of the D matrix) is the diagonal matrix (the unit matrix).

Similarly to the information matrix of the parity check matrix of the DVB scheme, the A matrix and the C matrix have the cyclic structure for every 360 columns (the unit size P), and the parity check matrix initial value table of the ETRI scheme indicates positions of 1 elements of the A matrix and the C matrix in units of 360 columns.

Here, as described above, since the A matrix, and a portion of the C matrix configure the information matrix, it can be said that the parity check matrix initial value table of the ETRI scheme that indicates positions of 1 elements of the A matrix and the C matrix in units of 360 columns indicates at least positions of I elements of the information matrix in units of 360 columns.

FIG. 23 is a diagram illustrating an example of the parity check matrix initial value table of the ETRI scheme.

In other words, FIG. 23 illustrates an example of a parity check matrix initial value table for a parity check matrix in which the code length N is 50 bits, and the encoding rate r is 1/2.

The parity check matrix initial value table of the ETRI scheme is a table in which positions of 1 elements of the A matrix and the C matrix are indicated for each unit size P, and row numbers (row numbers when a row number of a first row of the parity check matrix is 0) of 1 elements of a (1+P× (i−1))-th column of the parity check matrix that correspond in number to the column weight of the (1+P×(i−1))-th column are arranged in an i-th row.

Here, in order to simplify the description, the unit size P is assumed to be, for example, 5.

Further, parameters for the parity check matrix of the ETRI scheme include g=M₁, M₂, Q₁, and Q₂.

g=M₁ is a parameter for deciding the size of the B matrix and has a value that is a multiple of the unit size P. The performance of the LDPC code is changed by adjusting g=M₁, and g=M₁ is adjusted to a predetermined value when the parity check matrix is decided. Here, 15, which is three times the unit size P (=5), is assumed to be employed as g=M₁.

M₂ has a value M−M₁ obtained by subtracting M₁ from the parity length M.

Here, since the information length K is N×r=50×1/2=25, and the parity length M is N−K=50-25=25, M₂ is M−M₁=25−15=10.

Q₁ is obtained from the formula Q₁=M₁/P, and indicates the number of shifts (the number of rows) of the cyclic shift in the A matrix.

In other words, in each column other than the (1+P×(i−1))-th column of the A matrix of the parity check matrix of the ETRI scheme, that is, in each of a (2+P×(i−1))-th column to a (P×i)-th column, 1 elements of a (1+360×(i−1))-th column decided by the parity check matrix initial value table have periodically been cyclically shifted downward (downward in the column) and arranged, and Q₁ indicates the number of shifts of the cyclic shift in the A matrix.

Q₂ is obtained from the formula Q₂=M₂/P, and indicates the number of shifts (the number of rows) of the cyclic shift in the C matrix.

In other words, in each column other than the (1+P×(i−1))-th column of the C matrix of the parity check matrix of the ETRI scheme, that is, in each of a (2+P×(i−1))-th column to a (P×i)-th column, 1 elements of a (1+360×(i−1))-th column decided by the parity check matrix initial value table have periodically been cyclically shifted downward (downward in the column) and arranged, and Q₂ indicates the number of shifts of the cyclic shift in the C matrix.

Here, Q₁ is M₁/P=15/5=3, and Q₂ is M₂/P=10/5=2.

In the parity check matrix initial value table of FIG. 23, 3 numerical values are arranged in 1st and 2nd rows, and one numerical value is arranged in 3rd to 5th rows, and according to a sequence of the numerical values, the column weight of the parity check matrix obtained from the parity check matrix initial value table of FIG. 23 is 3 in the 1st column to a (1+5× (2−1)−1)-th column and 1 in a (1+5× (2−1))-th column to a 5th column,

In other words, 2, 6, and 18 are arranged in the let row of the parity check matrix initial value table of FIG. 23, which indicates that elements of rows having the row numbers of 2, 6, and 18 are 1 (and the other elements are 0) in the 1st column of the parity check matrix.

Here, in this case, the A matrix is a 15×25 (g×K) matrix, the C matrix is a 10×40 ((N−K−g)×(K+g)) matrix, rows having the row numbers of 0 to 14 in the parity check matrix are rows of the A matrix, and rows having the row numbers of 15 to 24 in the parity check matrix are rows of the C matrix.

Thus, among the rows having the row numbers of 2, 6, and 18 (hereinafter referred to as rows #2, #6, and #18), the rows #2 and #6 are the rows of the A matrix, and the row #18 is the row of the C matrix.

2, 10, and 19 are arranged in the 2nd row of the parity check matrix initial value table of FIG. 23, which indicates that elements of the rows #2, #10, and #19 are 1 in a 6 (=1+5×(2−1))-th column of the parity check matrix.

Here, in the 6 (=1+5×(2−1))-th column of the parity check matrix, among the rows #2, #10, and #19, the rows #2 and #10 are the rows of the A matrix, and the row #19 is the row of the C matrix.

22 is arranged in the 3rd row of the parity check matrix initial value table of FIG. 23, which indicates that an element of the row #22 is 1 in an 11 (=1+5×(3−1))-th column of the parity check matrix.

Here, in the 11 (=1+5×(3−1))-th column of the parity check matrix, the row #22 is the row of the C matrix.

Similarly, 19 in the 4th column of the parity check matrix initial value table of FIG. 23 indicates that an element of the row #19 is 1 in a 16 (=1+5×(4−1))-th column of the parity check matrix, and 15 in the 5th row of the parity check matrix initial value table of FIG. 23 indicates that an element of the row #15 is 1 in a 21(=1+5×(5−1))-st column of the parity check matrix.

As described above, the parity check matrix initial value table indicates the positions of the 1 elements of the A matrix and the C matrix of the parity check matrix for each unit size P(=5 columns).

In each column other than a (1+5×(i−1))-th column of the A matrix and the C matrix of the parity check matrix, that is, in each of a (2+5×(i−1))-th column to a (5×i)-th column, the 1 elements of the (1+5×(i−1))-th column decided by the parity check matrix initial value table have periodically been cyclically shifted downward (downward in the column) and arranged according to the parameters Q₁ and Q₂.

In other words, for example, in the (2+5×(i−1))-th column of the A matrix, the (1+5×(i−1))-th column has been cyclically shifted downward by Q₁ (=3), and in a (3+5×(i−1))-th column, the (1+5×(i−1))-th column has been cyclically shifted downward by 2× Q₁ (=2×3) (the (2+5×(i−1))-th column has been cyclically shifted downward by Q₁.

Further, for example, in the (2+5×(i−1))-th column of the C matrix, the (1+5×(i−1))-th column has been cyclically shifted downward by Q₂ (=2), and in a (3+5×(i−1))-th column, the (1+5×(i−1))-th column has been cyclically shifted downward by 2× Q₂ (a 2×2) (the (2+5×(i−1))-th column has been cyclically shifted downward by Q₂).

FIG. 24 is a diagram illustrating the A matrix generated from the parity check matrix initial value table of FIG. 23.

In the A matrix of FIG. 24, according to the 1st row of the parity check matrix initial value table of FIG. 23, elements of rows #2 and #6 of a 1 (=1+5×(1−1))-st column are 1.

Further, in each of a 2 (=2+5×(1−1))-nd column to a 5 (=5+5×(1−1))-th column, an immediately previous column has been cyclically shifted downward by Q₁=3.

Further, in the A matrix of FIG. 24, according to the 2nd row of the parity check matrix initial value table of FIG. 23, elements of rows #2 and #10 of a 6 (=1+5×(2−1))-th column are 1.

Further, in each of a 7 (=2+5×(2-1))-th column to a 10 (=5+5×(2−1))-th column, an immediately previous column has been cyclically shifted downward by Q=3,

FIG. 25 is a diagram illustrating the parity interleave of the B matrix.

The parity check matrix generating unit 613 (FIG. 18) generates the A matrix using the parity check matrix initial value table, and arranges the B matrix having the staircase structure at the right of the A matrix. Further, the parity check matrix generating unit 613 regards the B matrix as the parity matrix, and performs the parity interleave so that the adjacent I elements of the B matrix having the staircase structure are away from each other in the row direction by the unit size P=5.

FIG. 25 illustrates the A matrix and the B matrix after the 8 matrix has undergone the parity interleave.

FIG. 26 is a diagram illustrating the C matrix generated from the parity check matrix initial value table of FIG. 23.

In the C matrix of FIG. 26, according to the 1st row of the parity check matrix initial value table of FIG. 23, element of a row #18 of a 1(=1+5×(1−1))-st column of the parity check matrix is 1.

Further, each of a 2 (=2+5×(1−1))-nd column to a 5 (=5+5×(1−1))-th column of the C matrix is one in which an immediately previous column has been cyclically shifted downward by Q₂=2.

Further, in the C matrix of FIG. 26, according to the 2nd to 5th columns of the parity check matrix initial value table of FIG. 23, elements of a row #19 of a 6 (=1+5×(2−1))-th column of the parity check matrix, a row #22 of an 11 (=1+5×(3-1))-th column, a row #19 of a 16 (=1+5×(4-1))-th column, and a row #15 of a 21 (=1+5×(5−1))-th column are 1.

Further, in each of the 7 (=2+5×(2−1))-th column to the 10 (=5+5×(2−1))-th column, each of a 12 (=2+5×(3−1))-th column to a 15 (=5+5×(3−1))-th column, each of a 17 (=2+5×(4-1))-th column to a 20 (=5+5× (4−1))-th column, and each of a 22 (=2+5×(5−1))-nd column to a 25 (=5+5×(5−1))-th column, an immediately previous column has been cyclically shifted downward by Q₂=2.

The parity check matrix generating unit 613 (FIG. 18) generates the C matrix using the parity check matrix initial value table, and arranges the C matrix below the A matrix and the B matrix (that has undergone the parity interleave).

Further, the parity check matrix generating unit 613 arranges the Z matrix at the right of the B matrix, arranges the D matrix at the right of the C matrix, and generates the parity check matrix illustrated in FIG. 26.

FIG. 27 is a diagram illustrating the parity interleave of the D matrix.

After generating the parity check matrix of FIG. 26, the parity check matrix generating unit 613 regards the D matrix as the parity matrix, and performs the parity interleave (only for the D matrix) so that the 1 elements of the odd-numbered rows and the next even-numbered rows of the D matrix of the unit matrix are away from each other in the row direction by the unit size P (=5).

FIG. 27 illustrates the parity check matrix after the parity interleave of the D matrix is performed on the parity check matrix of FIG. 26.

(The encoding parity operation unit 615 (FIG. 18) of) The LDPC encoder 115 performs LDPC encoding (generation of the LDPC code), for example, using the parity check matrix of FIG. 27.

Here, the LDPC code generated using the parity check matrix of FIG. 27 is the LDPC code that has undergone the parity interleave, and thus it is unnecessary to perform the parity interleave on the LDPC code generated using the parity check matrix of FIG. 27 in the parity interleaver 23 (FIG. 9).

FIG. 28 is a diagram illustrating the parity check matrix obtained by performing the column permutation serving as the parity deinterleave for restoring the parity interleave to an original state on the B matrix, the portion of the C matrix (the portion of the C matrix arranged below the a matrix), and the D matrix of the parity check matrix of FIG. 27.

The LDPC encoder 115 can perform LDPC encoding (generation of the LDPC code) using the parity check matrix of FIG. 28.

When the LDPC encoding is performed using the parity check matrix of FIG. 28, the LDPC code that does not undergo the parity interleave is obtained according to the LDPC encoding. Thus, when the LDPC encoding is performed using the parity check matrix of FIG. 28, the parity interleaver 23 (FIG. 9) performs the parity interleave.

FIG. 29 is a diagram illustrating the transformed parity check matrix obtained by performing the row permutation on the parity check matrix of FIG. 27.

As will be described later, the transformed parity check matrix is a matrix represented by a combination of a P×P unit matrix, a quasi unit matrix obtained by setting one or more is of the unit matrix to zero (0), a shift matrix obtained by cyclically shifting the unit matrix or the quasi unit matrix, a sum matrix serving as a sum of two or more matrices of the unit matrix, the quasi unit matrix, and the shifted matrix, and a P×P zero matrix.

As the transformed parity check matrix is used for decoding of the LDPC code, an architecture of performing P check node operations and P variable node operations at the same time can be employed for decoding the LDPC code as will be described later.

<New LDPC Code>

Incidentally, a terrestrial digital television broadcasting standard called ATSC 3.0 is currently pending.

In this regard, a novel LDPC code which can be used in ATSC 3.0 and other data transmission thereinafter referred to as a new LDPC code) will be described.

For example, the LDPC code of the DVB scheme or the LDPC code of the ETRI scheme having the unit size P of 360, similarly to DVB-T.2 or the like, and corresponding to the parity check matrix having the cyclic structure can be employed as the new LDPC code.

The LDPC encoder 115 (FIGS. 8 and 18) can perform LDPC encoding for generating a new LDPC code using the parity check matrix obtained from the parity check matrix initial value table of the new LDPC code in which the code length N is 16 kbits or 64 kbits, and the encoding rate r is any one of 5/15, 6/15, 7/15, 8/15, 9/15, 10/15, 11/15, 12/15, and 13/15.

In this case, the storage unit 602 of the LDPC encoder 115 (FIG. 8) stores the parity check matrix initial value table of the new LDPC code.

FIG. 30 is a diagram illustrating an example of a parity check matrix initial value table of the DVB scheme for a parity check matrix of a new LDPC code in which the code length N is 16 kbits, and the encoding rate r is 8/15 (hereinafter, also referred to as Sony symbol (16 k, 8/15)), proposed by the applicant of the present application.

FIG. 31 is a diagram illustrating an example of a parity check matrix initial value table of the DVB scheme for a parity check matrix of a new LDPC code in which the code length N is 16 kbits, and the encoding rate r is 10/15 (hereinafter, also referred to as Sony symbol (16 k, 10/15)), proposed by the applicant of the present application.

FIG. 32 is a diagram illustrating an example of a parity check matrix initial value table of the DVB scheme for a parity check matrix of a new LDPC code in which the code length N is 16 kbits, and the encoding rate r is 12/15 (hereinafter, also referred to as Sony symbol (16 k, 12/15)), proposed by the applicant of the present application.

FIGS. 33 to 35 are diagrams illustrating an example of a parity check matrix initial value table of the DVB scheme for a parity check matrix of a new LDPC code in which the code length N is 64 kbits, and the encoding rate r is 7/15 (hereinafter, also referred to as Sony symbol (64 k, 7/15)), proposed by the applicant of the present application.

FIG. 34 is a diagram subsequent to FIG. 33, and FIG. 35 is a diagram subsequent to FIG. 34.

FIGS. 36 to 38 are diagrams illustrating an example of a parity check matrix initial value table of the DVB scheme for a parity check matrix of a new LDPC code in which the code length N is 64 kbits, and the encoding rate r is 9/15 (hereinafter, also referred to as Sony symbol (64 k, 9/15)), proposed by the applicant of the present application.

FIG. 37 is a diagram subsequent to FIG. 36, and FIG. 38 is a diagram subsequent to FIG. 37.

FIGS. 39 to 42 are diagrams illustrating an example of a parity check matrix initial value table of the DVB scheme for a parity check matrix of a new LDPC code in which the code length N is 64 kbits, and the encoding rate r is 11/15 (hereinafter, also referred to as Sony symbol (64 k, 11/15)), proposed by the applicant of the present application.

FIG. 40 is a diagram subsequent to FIG. 39, FIG. 41 is a diagram subsequent to FIG. 40, and FIG. 42 is a diagram subsequent to FIG. 41.

FIGS. 43 to 46 are diagrams illustrating an example of a parity check matrix initial value table of the DVB scheme for a parity check matrix of a new LDPC code in which the code length N is 64 kbits, and the encoding rate r is 13/15 (hereinafter, also referred to as Sony symbol (64 k, 13/15)), proposed by the applicant of the present application.

FIG. 44 is a diagram subsequent to FIG. 43, FIG. 45 is a diagram subsequent to FIG. 44, and FIG. 46 is a diagram subsequent to FIG. 45.

FIGS. 47 and 48 are diagrams illustrating an example of a parity check matrix initial value table of the DVB scheme for a parity check matrix of a new LDPC code in which the code length N is 64 kbits, and the encoding rate r is 6/15 (hereinafter, also referred to as Samsung symbol (64 k, 6/15)), proposed by Samsung.

FIG. 48 is a diagram subsequent to FIG. 47.

FIGS. 49 to 51 are diagrams illustrating an example of a parity check matrix initial value table of the DVB scheme for a parity check matrix of a new LDPC code in which the code length N is 64 kbits, and the encoding rate r is 8/15 (hereinafter, also referred to as Samsung symbol (64 k, 8/15)), proposed by Samsung.

FIG. 50 is a diagram subsequent to FIG. 49, and FIG. 51 is a diagram subsequent to FIG. 50.

FIGS. 52 to 54 are diagrams illustrating an example of a parity check matrix initial value table of the DVB scheme for a parity check matrix of a new LDPC code in which the code length N is 64 kbits, and the encoding rate r is 12/15 (hereinafter, also referred to as Samsung symbol (64 k, 12/15)), proposed by Samsung.

FIG. 53 is a diagram subsequent to FIG. 52, and FIG. 54 is a diagram subsequent to FIG. 53.

FIG. 55 is a diagram illustrating an example of a parity check matrix initial value table of the DVB scheme for a parity check matrix of a new LDPC code in which the code length N is 16 kbits, and the encoding rate r is 6/15 (hereinafter, also referred to as LGE symbol (16 k, 6/15)), proposed by LGE.

FIG. 56 is a diagram illustrating an example of a parity check matrix initial value table of the DVB scheme for a parity check matrix of a new LDPC code in which the code length N is 16 kbits, and the encoding rate r is 7/15 (hereinafter, also referred to as LGE symbol (16 k, 7/15)), proposed by LGE.

FIG. 57 is a diagram illustrating an example of a parity check matrix initial value table of the DVB scheme for a parity check matrix of a new LDPC code in which the code length N is 16 kbits, and the encoding rate r is 9/15 (hereinafter, also referred to as LGE symbol (16 k, 9/15)), proposed by LGE.

FIG. 58 is a diagram illustrating an example of a parity check matrix initial value table of the DVB scheme for a parity check matrix of a new LDPC code in which the code length N is 16 kbits, and the encoding rate r is 11/15 (hereinafter, also referred to as LGE symbol (16 k, 11/15)), proposed by LGE.

FIG. 59 is a diagram illustrating an example of a parity check matrix initial value table of the DVB scheme for a parity check matrix of a new LDPC code in which the code length N is 16 kbits, and the encoding rate r is 13/15 (hereinafter, also referred to as LGE symbol (16 k, 13/15)), proposed by LGE.

FIGS. 60 to 62 are diagrams illustrating an example of a parity check matrix initial value table of the DVB scheme for a parity check matrix of a new LDPC code in which the code length N is 64 kbits, and the encoding rate r is 10/15 (hereinafter, also referred to as LGE symbol (64 k, 10/15)), proposed by LGE.

FIG. 61 is a diagram subsequent to FIG. 60, and FIG. 62 is a diagram subsequent to FIG. 61.

FIGS. 63 to 65 are diagrams illustrating an example of a parity check matrix initial value table of the DVB scheme for a parity check matrix of a new LDPC code in which the code length N is 64 kbits, and the encoding rate r is 9/15 (hereinafter, also referred to as NERC symbol (64 k, 9/15)), proposed by NERC.

FIG. 64 is a diagram subsequent to FIG. 63, and FIG. 65 is a diagram subsequent to FIG. 64.

FIG. 66 is a diagram illustrating an example of a parity check matrix initial value table of the ETRI scheme for a parity check matrix of a new LDPC code in which the code length N is 16 kbits, and the encoding rate r is 5/15 (hereinafter, also referred to as ETRI symbol (16 k, 5/15)), proposed by CRC/ETRI.

FIGS. 67 and 68 are diagrams illustrating an example of a parity check matrix initial value table of the ETRI scheme for a parity check matrix of a new LDPC code in which the code length N is 64 kbits, and the encoding rater is 5/15 (hereinafter, also referred to as ETRI symbol (64 k, 5/15)), proposed by CRC/ETRI.

FIG. 68 is a diagram subsequent to FIG. 67.

FIGS. 69 and 70 are diagrams illustrating an example of a parity check matrix initial value table of the ETRI scheme for a parity check matrix of a new LDPC code in which the code length N is 64 kbits, and the encoding rate r is 6/15 (hereinafter, also referred to as ETRI symbol (64 k, 6/15)), proposed by CRC/ETRI.

FIG. 70 is a diagram subsequent to FIG. 69,

FIGS. 71 and 72 are diagrams illustrating an example of a parity check matrix initial value table of the ETRI scheme for a parity check matrix of a new LDPC code in which the code length N is 64 kbits, and the encoding rate r is 7/15 (hereinafter, also referred to as ETRI symbol (64 k, 7/15)), proposed by CRC/ETRI.

FIG. 72 is a diagram subsequent to FIG. 71.

Among the new LDPC codes, the Sony symbol is an LDPC code having particularly excellent performance.

Here, the LDPC code of good performance is an LDPC code obtained from an appropriate parity check matrix H.

The appropriate parity check matrix H is, for example, a parity check matrix that satisfies a predetermined condition to make bit error rate (BER) (and frame error rate (FER)) smaller when an LDPC code obtained from the parity check matrix H is transmitted at low E_(a)/N₀ or E_(b)/N_(o) (signal-to-noise power ratio per bit).

For example, the appropriate parity check matrix H can be found by performing simulation to measure BER when LDPC codes obtained from various parity check matrices that satisfy a predetermined condition are transmitted at low E_(a)/N_(o).

As a predetermined condition to be satisfied by the appropriate parity check matrix H, for example, an analysis result obtained by a code performance analysis method called density evolution (Density Evolution) is excellent, and a loop of elements of 1 does not exist, which is called cycle 4, and so on.

Here, in the information matrix H_(A), it is known that the decoding performance of LDPC code is deteriorated when elements of 1 are dense like cycle 4, and therefore it is requested that cycle 4 does not exist, as a predetermined condition to be satisfied by the appropriate parity check matrix H.

Here, the predetermined condition to be satisfied by the appropriate parity check matrix H can be arbitrarily determined from the viewpoint of the improvement in the decoding performance of LDPC code and the facilitation (simplification) of decoding processing of LDPC code, and so on.

FIGS. 73 and 74 are diagrams to describe the density evolution that can obtain an analytical result as a predetermined condition to be satisfied by the appropriate parity check matrix H.

The density evolution is a code analysis method that calculates the expectation value of the error probability of the entire LDPC code (ensemble) with a code length N of ∞ characterized by a degree sequence described later.

For example, when the dispersion value of noise is gradually increased from 0 on the AWGN channel, the expectation value of the error probability of a certain ensemble is 0 first, but, when the dispersion value of noise becomes equal to or greater than a certain threshold, it is not 0.

According to the density evolution, by comparison of the threshold of the dispersion value of noise (which may also be called a performance threshold) in which the expectation value of the error probability is not 0, it is possible to decide the quality of ensemble performance (appropriateness of the parity check matrix).

Here, as for a specific LDPC code, when an ensemble to which the LDPC code belongs is decided and density evolution is performed for the ensemble, rough performance of the LDPC code can be expected.

Therefore, if an ensemble of good performance is found, an LDPC code of good performance can be found from LDPC codes belonging to the ensemble.

Here, the above-mentioned degree sequence shows at what percentage a variable node or check node having the weight of each value exists with respect to the code length N of an LDPC code.

For example, a regular (3, 6) LDPC code with an encoding rate of 1/2 belongs to an ensemble characterized by a degree sequence in which the weight (column weight) of all variable nodes is 3 and the weight (row weight) of all check nodes is 6.

FIG. 73 illustrates a Tanner graph of such an ensemble.

In the Tanner graph of FIG. 73, there are variable nodes shown by circles (sign ◯) in the diagram only by N pieces equal to the code length N, and there are check nodes shown by quadrangles (sign □) only by N/2 pieces equal to a multiplication value multiplying encoding rate 1/2 by the code length N.

Three branches (edge) equal to the column weight are connected with each variable node, and therefore there are totally 3N branches connected with N variable nodes.

Moreover, six branches (edge) equal to the row weight are connected with each check node, and therefore there are totally 3N branches connected with N/2 check nodes.

In addition, there is one interleaver in the Tanner graph in FIG. 73.

The interleaver randomly rearranges 3N branches connected with N variable nodes and connects each rearranged branch with any of 3N branches connected with N/2 check nodes.

There are (3N)!(=(3N)×(3N−1)× . . . ×1) rearrangement patterns to rearrange 3N branches connected with N variable nodes in the interleaver. Therefore, an ensemble characterized by the degree sequence in which the weight of all variable nodes is 3 and the weight of all check nodes is 6, becomes aggregation of (3N)! LDPC codes.

In simulation to find an LDPC code of good performance (appropriate parity check matrix), an ensemble of a multi-edge type is used in the density evolution.

In the multi edge type, an interleaver through which the branches connected with the variable nodes and the branches connected with the check nodes pass, is divided into plural (multi edge), and, by this means, the ensemble is characterized more strictly.

FIG. 74 illustrates an example of a Tanner graph of an ensemble of the multi-edge type.

In the Tanner graph of FIG. 74, there are two interleavers of the first interleaver and the second interleaver.

Moreover, in the Tanner graph chart of FIG. 74, v1 variable nodes with one branch connected with the first interleaver and no branch connected with the second interleaver exist, v2 variable nodes with one branch connected with the first interleaver and two branches connected with the second interleaver exist, and v3 variable nodes with no branch connected with the first interleaver and two branches connected with the second interleaver exist, respectively.

Furthermore, in the Tanner graph chart of FIG. 74, c1 check nodes with two branches connected with the first interleaver and no branch connected with the second interleaver exist, c2 check nodes with two branches connected with the first interleaver and two branches connected with the second interleaver exist, and c3 check nodes with no branch connected with the first interleaver and three branches connected with the second interleaver exist, respectively.

Here, for example, the density evolution and the mounting thereof are described in “On the Design of Low-Density Parity-Check Codes within 0.0045 dB of the Shannon Limit”, S. Y. Chung, G. D. Forney, T. J. Richardson, R. Urbanke, IEEE Communications Leggers, VOL. 5, NO. 2, February 2001.

In simulation to find (a parity check matrix initial value table of) a Sony code, by the density evaluation of the multi-edge type, an ensemble in which a performance threshold that is E_(b)/N_(o) (signal-to-noise power ratio per bit) with deteriorating (decreasing) BER is equal to or less than a predetermined value is found, and an LDPC code that decreases BER in a case using one or more orthogonal modulations such as QPSK is selected from LDPC codes belonging to the ensemble as an LDPC code of good performance.

The parity check matrix initial value table of the Sony code is found from the above-mentioned simulation.

Thus, according to the Sony symbol obtained from the parity check matrix initial value table, it is possible to secure the excellent communication quality in the data transmission.

FIG. 75 is a diagram illustrating parity check matrices H (hereinafter, also referred to as “parity check matrices H of Sony symbols (16 k, 8/15), (16 k, 10/15), and (16 k, 12/15)”) obtained from the parity check matrix initial value table of the Sony symbols (16 k, 8/15), (16 k, 10/15), and (16 k, 12/15).

Every minimum cycle length of the parity check matrices H of the Sony symbols (16 k, 8/15), (16 k, 10/15), and (16 k, 12/15) has a value exceeding cycle 4, and thus there is no cycle 4 (a loop of 1 elements in which a loop length is 4). Here, the minimum cycle length (girth) is a minimum value of a length (a loop length) of a loop configured with 1 elements in the parity check matrix H.

A performance threshold value of the Sony symbol (16 k, 8/15) is set to 0.805765, a performance threshold value of the Sony symbol (16 k, 10/15) is set to 2.471011, and a performance threshold value of the Sony symbol (16 k, 12/15) is set to 4.269922.

The column weight is set to X1 for KX1 columns of the parity check matrices H of the Sony symbols (16 k, 8/15), (16 k, 10/15), and (16 k, 12/15) starting from the 1st column, the column weight is set to X2 for KX2 columns subsequent thereto, the column weight is set to Y1 for KY1 columns subsequent thereto, the column weight is set to Y2 for KY2 columns subsequent thereto, the column weight is set to 2 for M−1 columns subsequent thereto, and the column weight is set to 1 for the last column.

Here, KX1+KX2+KY1+KY2+M−1+1 is equal to the code length N (=16200 bits) of the Sony symbols (16 k, 8/15), (16 k, 10/15), and (16 k, 12/15).

In the parity check matrices H of the Sony symbols (16 k, 8/15), (16 k, 10/15), and (16 k, 12/15), the numbers KX1, KX2, KY1, KY2, and M of columns and column weights X1, X2, Y1, and Y2 are set as illustrated in FIG. 75.

In the parity check matrices H of the Sony symbols (16 k, 8/15), (16 k, 10/15), and (16 k, 12/15), similarly to the parity check matrix described above with reference to FIGS. 12 and 13, columns closer to the head side (the left side) have higher column weights, and thus a code bit at the head of the Sony symbol tends to be robust to error (have error tolerance).

According to the simulation conducted by the applicant of the present application, an excellent BER/FER is obtained for the Sony symbols (16 k, 8/15), (16 k, 10/15), and (16 k, 12/15), and thus it is possible to secure the excellent communication quality in the data transmission using the Sony symbols (16 k, 8/15), (16 k, 10/15), and (16 k, 12/15).

FIG. 76 is a diagram illustrating parity check matrices H of the Sony symbols (64 k, 7/15), (64 k, 9/15), (64 k, 11/15), and (64 k, 13/15).

Every minimum cycle length of the parity check matrices H of the Sony symbols (64 k, 7/15), (64 k, 9/15), (64 k, 11/15), and (64 k, 13/15) has a value exceeding a cycle 4, and thus there is no cycle 4.

A performance threshold value of the Sony symbol (64 k, 7/15) is set to −0.093751, a performance threshold value of the Sony symbol (64 k, 9/15) is set to 1.658523, a performance threshold value of the Sony symbol (64 k, 11/15) is set to 3.351930, and a performance threshold value of the Sony symbol (64 k, 13/15) is set to 5.301749.

The column weight is set to X1 for KX1 columns of the parity check matrices H of the Sony symbols (64 k, 7/15), (64 k, 9/15), (64 k, 11/15), and (64 k, 13/15) starting from the 1st column, the column weight is set to X2 for KX2 columns subsequent thereto, the column weight is set to Y1 for KY1 columns subsequent thereto, the column weight is set to Y2 for KY2 columns subsequent thereto, the column weight is set to 2 for M−1 columns subsequent thereto, and the column weight is set to 1 for the last column.

Here, KX1+KX2+KY1+KY2+M−1+1 is equal to the code length N (=64800 bits) of the Sony symbols (64 k, 7/15), (64 k, 9/15), (64 k, 11/15), and (64 k, 13/15).

In the parity check matrices H of the Sony symbols (64 k, 7/15), (64 k, 9/15), (64 k, 11/15), and (64 k, 13/15), the numbers KX1, KX2, KY1, KY2, and M of columns and column weights X1, X2, Y1, and Y2 are set as illustrated in FIG. 76.

In the parity check matrices H of the Sony symbols (64 k, 7/15), (64 k, 9/15), (64 k, 11/15), and (64 k, 13/15), similarly to the parity check matrix described above with reference to FIGS. 12 and 13, columns closer to the head side (the left side) have higher column weights, and thus a code bit at the head of the Sony symbol tends to be robust to error (have error tolerance).

According to the simulation conducted by the applicant of the present application, an excellent BER/FER is obtained for the Sony symbols (64 k, 7/15), (64 k, 9/15), (64 k, 11/15), and (64 k, 13/15), and thus it is possible to secure the excellent communication quality in the data transmission using the Sony symbols (64 k, 7/15), (64 k, 9/15), (64 k, 11/15), and (64 k, 13/15).

FIG. 77 is a diagram illustrating parity check matrices H of Samsung symbols (64 k, 6/15), (64 k, 8/15), and (64 k, 12/15).

The column weight is set to X1 for KX1 columns of the parity check matrices H of the Samsung symbols (64 k, 6/15), (64 k, 8/15), and (64 k, 12/15) starting from the 1st column, the column weight is set to X2 for KX2 columns subsequent thereto, the column weight is set to Y1 for KY1 columns subsequent thereto, the column weight is set to Y2 for KY2 columns subsequent thereto, the column weight is set to 2 for M−1 columns subsequent thereto, and the column weight is set to 1 for the last column.

Here, K1+KX2+KY1+KY2+M−1+1 is equal to the code length N(=64800 bits) of the Samsung symbols (64 k, 6/15), (64 k, 8/15), and (64 k, 12/15).

In the parity check matrices H of the Samsung symbols (64 k, 6/15), (64 k, 8/15), and (64 k, 12/15), the numbers KX1, KX2, KY1, KY2, and M of columns and column weights X1, X2, Y1, and Y2 are set as illustrated in FIG. 77.

FIG. 78 is a diagram illustrating parity check matrices H of LGE symbols (16 k, 6/15), (16 k, 7/15), (16 k, 9/15), (16 k, 11/15), and (16 k, 13/15).

The column weight is set to X1 for KX1 columns of the parity check matrices H of the LGE symbols (16 k, 6/15), (16 k, 7/15), (16 k, 9/15), (16 k, 11/15), and (16 k, 13/15) starting from the 1st column, the column weight is set to X2 for KX2 columns subsequent thereto, the column weight is set to Y1 for KY1 columns subsequent thereto, the column weight is set to Y2 for KY2 columns subsequent thereto, the column weight is set to 2 for M−1 columns subsequent thereto, and the column weight is set to 1 for the last column.

Here, XX1+KX2+KY1+KY2 4 M−1+1 is equal to the code length N (a 16200 bits) of the LGE symbols (16 k, 6/15), (16 k, 7/15), (16 k, 9/15), (0.6 k, 11/15), and (16 k, 13/15),

In the parity check matrices H of the LGE symbols (16 k, 6/15), (16 k, 7/15), (16 k, 9/15), (16 k, 11/15), and (16 k, 13/15), the numbers KX1, KX2, KY1, KY2, and M of columns and column weights X1, X2, Y1, and Y2 are set as illustrated in FIG. 78.

FIG. 79 is a diagram illustrating parity check matrix H of an LGE symbol (64 k, 10/15).

The column weight is set to X1 for KX1 columns of the parity check matrix H of the LGE symbol (64 k, 10/15) starting from the 1st column, the column weight is set to X2 for KX2 columns subsequent thereto, the column weight is set to Y1 for KY1 columns subsequent thereto, the column weight is set to Y2 for KY2 columns subsequent thereto, the column weight is set to 2 for M−1 columns subsequent thereto, and the column weight is set to 1 for the last column.

Here, KX1+KX2+KY1+KY2+M−1+1 is equal to the code length N (=64800 bits) of the LGE symbol (64 k, 10/15).

In the parity check matrix H of the LGE symbol (64 k, 10/15), the numbers KX1, KX2, KY1, KY2, and M of columns and column weights X1, X2, Y1, and Y2 are set as illustrated in FIG. 79.

FIG. 80 is a diagram illustrating parity check matrices H of an NERC symbol (64 k, 9/15).

The column weight is set to X1 for KX1 columns of the parity check matrix H of the NERC symbol (64 k, 9/15) starting from the let column, the column weight is set to X2 for KX2 columns subsequent thereto, the column weight is set to Y1 for KY1 columns subsequent thereto, the column weight is set to Y2 for KY2 columns subsequent thereto, the column weight is set to 2 for M−1 columns subsequent thereto, and the column weight is set to 1 for the last column.

Here, KX1+KX2+KY1+KY2+M−1+1 is equal to the code length N(=64800 bits) of the NERC symbol (64 k, 9/15).

In the parity check matrix H of the NERC symbol (64 k, 9/15), the numbers KX1, KX2, KY1, KY2, and M of columns and column weights X1, X2, Y1, and Y2 are set as illustrated in FIG. 80.

FIG. 81 is a diagram illustrating a parity check matrix H of an ETRI symbol (16 k, 5/15).

For the parity check matrix H of the ETRI symbol (16 k, S/15), the parameter g−M₁ is 720.

Further, for the ETRI symbol (16 k, 5/15), since the code length N is 16200 and the encoding rate r is 5/15, the information length K=N×r is 16200×5/15=5400 and the parity length M=N−K is 16200−5400=10800.

Further, the parameter M₂=M−M₁=N−K−g is 10800−720=10080.

Thus, the parameter Q₁=M₁/P is 720/360=2, and the parameter Q₂=M₂/P is 10080/360=28.

FIG. 82 is a diagram illustrating parity check matrices H of ETRI symbols of (64 k, 5/15), (64 k, 6/15), and (64 k, 7/15).

For the parity check matrices H of the ETRI symbols of (64 k, 5/15), (64 k, 6/15), and (64 k, 7/15), the parameters g=M₁, M₂, Q₁, and Q₂ are set as illustrated in FIG. 82.

<Constellation>

FIGS. 83 to 93 are diagrams illustrating examples of constellation types employed in the transmission system of FIG. 7.

In the transmission system of FIG. 7, for example, a constellation that is to be employed in ATSC 3.0 may be employed.

In ATSC 3.0, a constellation used in MODCOD can be set to MODCOD serving as a combination of a modulation scheme and an LDPC code.

Here, in ATSC 3.0, five types of modulation schemes, that is, QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM, 256QAM, and 1024QAM (1kQAM) are to be employed.

Further, in ATSC 3.0, for each of two types of code lengths N of 16 kbits and 64 kbits, LDPC codes of 9 types of encoding rates r of 5/15, 6/15, 7/15, 8/15, 9/15, 10/15, 11/15, 12/15, and 13/15, that is, 18 (=9×2) types of LDPC codes are to be employed.

In ATSC 3.0, the 18 types of LDPC codes are classified into 9 types according to the encoding rate r (regardless of the code length N), and 45 (=9×5) combinations of the 9 types of LDPC codes (in which the encoding rates r are 5/15, 6/15, 7/15, 8/15, 9/15, 10/15, 11/15, 12/15, and 13/15) and the 5 types of modulation schemes can be employed as MODCOD.

Further, in ATSC 33.0, one or more of constellations are to be employed for MODCOD of 1.

The constellations include uniform constellations (UCs) in which an arrangement of signal points is uniform and non uniform constellations (NUCs) in which an arrangement of signal points is not uniform.

Examples of NUCs include a constellation called a 1-dimensional M²-QAM non-uniform constellation (1D NUC) and a constellation called a 2-dimensional QQAM non-uniform constellation (2D NUC).

Commonly, the 1D NUC is better in the BER than the UC, and the 2D NUC is better in the BER than the 1D NUC.

The UC is employed as a constellation of QPSK. For example, the 2D NUC is employed as the constellations of 16QAM, 64QAM, and 256QAM, and for example, the 1D NUC is employed as the constellation of 1024QAM.

Hereinafter, a constellation of an NUC used in MODCOD in which the modulation scheme is a modulation scheme in which an m-bit symbol is mapped to any one of 2^(m) signal points, and an encoding rate of an LDPC code is r is also referred to as NUC_2^(m)_r (here, m=2, 4, 6, 8, and 10).

For example, “NUC_16_6/15” indicates a constellation of an NUC used in MODCOD in which the modulation scheme is 16QAM, and the encoding rate r of the LDPC code is 6/15.

In ATSC 3.0, when the modulation scheme is QPSK, the same constellation is to be used for the 9 types of encoding rates r of LDPC codes.

In ATSC 3.0, when the modulation scheme is 16QAM, 64QAM, or 256QAM, a different constellation of a 2D NUC is to be used according to each of the 9 types of encoding rates r of LDPC codes.

Further, in ATSC 3.0, when the modulation scheme is 1024QAM, a different constellation of a 1D NUC is to be used according to each of the 9 types of encoding rates r of LDPC codes.

Thus, in ATSC 3.0, one type of constellation is to be prepared for QPSK, 9 types of constellations of a 2D NUC are to be prepared for each of 16QAM, 64QAM, and 256QAM, and 9 types of constellations of a 1D NUC are to be prepared for each of 1024QAM.

FIG. 83 is a diagram illustrating an example of a constellation for each of 9 types of encoding rates r (=5/15, 6/15, 7/15, 8/15, 9/15, 10/15, 11/15, 12/15, and 13/15) of LDPC codes when the modulation scheme is 16QAM.

FIG. 84 is a diagram illustrating an example of a constellation for each of 9 types of encoding rates r (=5/15, 6/15, 7/15, 8/15, 9/15, 10/15, 11/15, 12/15, and 13/15) of LDPC codes when the modulation scheme is 64QAM.

FIG. 85 is a diagram illustrating an example of a constellation for each of 9 types of encoding rates r (=5/15, 6/15, 7/15, 8/15, 9/15, 10/15, 11/15, 12/15, and 13/15) of LDPC codes when the modulation scheme is 256QAM.

FIG. 86 is a diagram illustrating an example of a constellation of a 1D NUC for each of 8 types of encoding rates r (=6/15, 7/15, 8/15, 9/15, 10/15, 11/15, 12/15, and 13/15) of LDPC codes when the modulation scheme is 1024QAM.

In FIGS. 83 to 86, a horizontal axis and a vertical axis are an I axis and a Q axis, and Re{x₁} and Im{x₁} indicate a real part and an imaginary part of a signal point x, serving as coordinates of the signal point x₁.

In FIGS. 83 to 86, a numerical value written after “for CR” indicates the encoding rate r of the LDPC code.

FIG. 87 is a diagram illustrating an example of coordinates of a signal point of a UC that is used in common to 9 types of encoding rates r (=5/15, 6/15, 7/15, 8/15, 9/15, 10/15, 11/15, 12/15, and 13/15) of LDPC codes when the modulation scheme is QPSK.

In FIG. 87, “Input cell word y” indicates a 2-bit symbol that is mapped to a UC of QPSK, and “Constellation point z_(q)” indicates coordinates a signal point z_(q). An index q of the signal point z_(q) indicates a discrete time (a time interval between a certain symbol and a next symbol) of a symbol.

In FIG. 87, coordinates of the signal point z_(q) are indicated in the form of a complex number, in which i indicates an imaginary unit (√(−1)),

FIG. 88 is a diagram illustrating an example of coordinates of the signal point of the 2D NUC used for 9 types of encoding rates r (=5/15, 6/15, 7/15, 8/15, 9/15, 10/15, 11/15, 12/15, and 13/15) of the LDPC codes when the modulation scheme is 16QAM.

FIG. 89 is a diagram illustrating an example of coordinates of the signal point of the 2D NUC used for 9 types of encoding rates r (=5/15, 6/15, 7/15, 8/15, 9/15, 10/15, 11/15, 12/15, and 13/15) of the LDPC codes when the modulation scheme is 64QAM.

FIGS. 90 and 91 are diagrams illustrating an example of coordinates of the signal point of the 2D NUC used for 9 types of encoding rates r (=5/15, 6/15, 7/15, 8/15, 9/15, 10/15, 11/15, 12/15, and 13/15) of the LDPC codes when the modulation scheme is 256QAM.

In FIGS. 88 to 91, NUC_2^(m)_r indicates coordinates of a signal point of a 2D NUC used when the modulation scheme is 2¹ AM, and the encoding rate of the LDPC code is r.

In FIGS. 88 to 91, similarly to FIG. 87, coordinates of the signal point z_(q) are indicated in the form of a complex number, in which i indicates an imaginary unit.

In FIG. 88 to FIG. 91, w # k indicates coordinates of a signal point of a first quadrant of the constellation.

In the 2D NUC, a signal point of a second quadrant of the constellation is arranged at a position to which the signal point of the first quadrant has moved symmetrically to the Q axis, and a signal point of a third quadrant of the constellation is arranged at a position to which the signal point of the first quadrant has moved symmetrically to an origin. Further, a signal point of a fourth quadrant of the constellation is arranged at a position to which the signal point of the first quadrant has moved symmetrically to the I axis.

Here, when the modulation scheme is 2^(m)QAM, m bits are used as one symbol, and one symbol is mapped to a signal point corresponding to the symbol.

The m-bit symbol is expressed by, for example, an integer value of 0 to 2^(m)−1, but if b=2^(m)/4 is assumed, symbols y(0), y(1), . . . and y(2^(m)−1) expressed by the integer value of 0 to 2^(m)−1 can be classified into four symbols y(0) to y(b−1), y(b) to y(2b−1), y(2b) to y(3b−1), and y(3b) to y(4b−1).

In FIGS. 88 to 91, a suffix k of w # k has an integer value within a range of 0 to b−1, and w # k indicates coordinates of a signal point corresponding to the symbol y (k) within the range of the symbols y(0) to y(b−1).

Further, coordinates of a signal point corresponding to the symbol y(k+b) within the range of the symbols y(b) to y(2b−1) are indicated by −conj (w # k), and coordinates of a signal point corresponding to the symbol y(k+2b) within the range of the symbols y (2b) to y(3b−1) are indicated by conj (w # k). Further, coordinates of a signal point corresponding to the symbol y (k+3b) within the range of the symbols y(3b) to y(4b−1) are indicated by −w # k.

Here, conj (w # k) indicates a complex conjugate of w # k.

For example, when the modulation scheme is 16QAM, the symbols y(0), y(1), . . . , and y(15) of m=4 bits are classified into four symbols y(0) to y(3), y(4) to y(7), y(8) to y(11), and y(12) to y(15) if b=2⁴/4=4.

Among the symbols y(0) to y(15), for example, the symbol y(12) is the symbol y(k+3b)=y(0+3×4) within the symbols y(3b) to y(4b−1), and k is zero (0), and thus the coordinates of the signal point corresponding to the symbol y(12) are −w # k=−w0.

Now, for example, if the encoding rate r of the LDPC code is 9/15, according to FIG. 88, when the modulation scheme is 16QAM, and the encoding rate r is 9/15, w0 of (NUC_16 9/15) is 0.4967+1.19321, and thus the coordinates−w0 of the signal point corresponding to the symbol y(12) are −(0.4967+1.19321).

FIG. 92 is a diagram illustrating an example of the coordinates of the signal point of the 1D NUC used for the 8 types of encoding rates r (=6/15, 7/15, 8/15, 9/15, 10/15, 11/15, 12, 15, and 13/15) of the LDPC codes when the modulation scheme is 1024QAM.

In FIG. 92, a column of NUC_1k_r indicates a value of u # k indicating the coordinates of the signal point of the 1D NUC used when the modulation scheme is 1024QAM, and the encoding rate of the LDPC code is r.

u # k indicates the real part Re(z_(q)) and the imaginary part Im(z_(q)) of the complex number serving as the coordinates of the signal point z_(q) of the 1D NUC.

FIG. 93 is a diagram illustrating a relation between the symbol y and u # k serving as each of the real part Re (z_(q)) and the imaginary part Im(z_(q)) of the complex number indicating the coordinates of the signal point z_(q) of the 1D NUC corresponding to the symbol y.

Now, the 10-bit symbol y of 1024QAM is assumed to be indicated by y_(0,q), y_(1,q), y_(2,q), y_(3,q), y_(4,q), Y_(5,q), y_(6,q), y_(7,q), y_(8,q), and y_(9,q), from the first bit (the most significant bit.).

A of FIG. 93 illustrates a correspondence relation between 5 odd-numbered bits y_(0,q), y_(2,q), y_(4,q), y_(6,q), y_(8,q) of the symbol y and u # k indicating the real part Re(z_(q)) (of the coordinates) of the signal point z_(q) corresponding to the symbol y.

B of FIG. 93 illustrates a correspondence relation between 5 even-numbered bits y_(1,q), y_(3,q), y_(5,q), y_(7,q) and y_(9,q) of the symbol y and u # k indicating the imaginary part Im (z_(q)) (of the coordinates) of the signal point z corresponding to the symbol y.

For example, when the 10-bit symbol y=(y_(0,q), y_(1,q), y_(2,q), y_(3,q), y_(4,q), Y_(5,q), y_(6,q), y_(7,q), y_(8,q), y_(9,q)) of 1024QAM is (0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0), the 5 odd-numbered bits (y_(0,q), y_(2,q), y_(4,q), y_(6,q), y_(8,q)) are (0, 1, 0, 1, 0), and the 5 even-numbered bits (y_(1,q), y_(3,q), y_(5,q), y_(7,q), and y_(9,q)) are (0, 0, 1, 1, 0).

In A of FIG. 93, the 5 odd-numbered bits (0, 1, 0, 1, 0) are associated with u3, and thus the real part Re(z_(q)) of the signal point z_(q) corresponding to the symbol y=(0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0) is u3.

In B of FIG. 93, the 5 even-numbered bits (0, 0, 1, 1, 0) are associated with u11, and thus the imaginary part Im(z_(q)) of the signal point z corresponding to the symbol y=(0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0) is u11.

Meanwhile, for example, if the encoding rate r of the LDPC code is 7/15, according to FIG. 92, for the 1D NUC (NUC_1k_7/15) used when the modulation scheme is 1024QAM and the encoding rate r of the LDPC code is 7/15, u3 is 1.04, and u11 is 6.28.

Thus, the real part Re(z_(q)) of the signal point z_(q) corresponding to the symbol y=(0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0) is u3 (=1.04), and Im(z_(q)) is u11 (=6.28). As a result, the coordinates of the signal point z, corresponding to the symbol y=(0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0) are indicated by 1.04+6.28i.

The signal points of the 1D NUC are arranged in a grid form on a straight line parallel to the I axis or a straight line parallel to the Q axis. However, an interval between the signal points is not constant. Further, when the signal point (the mapped data) is transmitted, average power of the signal points on the constellation is normalized. The normalization is performed by multiplying each signal point z_(q) on the constellation by a reciprocal 1/(√P_(ave)) of a square root √P_(ave) of a root mean square value P_(ave) when a root mean square value of an absolute value for (coordinates of) all signal points on the constellation is indicated by P_(ave).

According to the constellations described above with reference to FIGS. 83 to 93, it is confirmed that the excellent error rate is obtained.

<Block Interleaver 25>

FIG. 94 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the block interleaver 25 of FIG. 9.

The block interleaver 25 includes a storage region called a part 1 and a storage region called a part 2.

Each of the parts 1 and 2 is configured such that a number C of columns equal in number to the number m of bits of the symbol and serving as storage regions that store one bit in the row (horizontal) direction and store a predetermined number of bits in the column (vertical) direction are arranged.

If the number of bits (hereinafter, also referred to as a part column length) that are stored in the column direction by the column of the part 1 is indicated by R1, and the part column length of the column of the part 2 is indicated by R2, (R1+R2)×C is equal to the code length N (64800 bits or 16200 bits in the present embodiment) of the LDPC code of the block interleave target.

Further, the part column length R1 is equal to a multiple of 360 bits serving as the unit size P, and the part column length R2 is equal to a remainder when a sum (hereinafter, also referred to as a column length) R1+R2 of the part column length R1 of the part 1 and the part column length R2 of the part 2 is divided by 360 bits serving as the unit size P.

Here, the column length R1+R2 is equal to a value obtained by dividing the code length N of the LDPC code of the block interleave target by the number m of bits of the symbol,

For example, when 16QAM is employed as the modulation scheme for the LDPC code in which the code length N is 16200 bits, the number m of bits of the symbol is 4 bits, and thus the column length R1+R2 is 4050 (=16200/4) bits.

Further, since the remainder when the column length R1+R2=4050 is divided by 360 bits serving as the unit size P is 90, the part column length R2 of the part 2 is 90 bits.

Further, the part column length R1 of the part 1 is R1+R2−R2=4050−90=3960 bits.

FIG. 95 is a diagram illustrating the number C of columns of the parts 1 and 2 and the part column lengths (the number of rows) R1 and R2 for a combination of the code length N and the modulation scheme.

FIG. 95 illustrates the number C of columns of the parts 1 and 2 and the part column lengths R1 and R2 for combinations of the LDPC code in which the code length N is 16200 bits and the LDPC code in which the code length N is 64800 bits and the modulation schemes of QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM, 256QAM, and 1024QAM.

FIG. 96 is a diagram illustrating the block interleave performed by the block interleaver 25 of FIG. 94.

The block interleaver 25 performs the block interleave by writing the LDPC code in the parts 1 and 2 and reading the LDPC code from the parts 1 and 2.

In other words, in the block interleave, writing of the code bits of the LDPC code of one code word downward (in the column direction) in the column of the part 1 is performed from the column at the left side to the column at the right side as illustrated in A of FIG. 96.

Then, when the writing of the code bits is completed to the bottom of the rightmost column (a C-th column) of the columns of the part 1, writing of the remaining code bits downward (in the column direction) in the column of the part 2 is performed from the column at the left side to the column at the right side.

Thereafter, when the writing of the code bits is completed to the bottom of the rightmost column (the C-th column) of the columns of the part 2, the code bits are read from the 1st rows of all the C columns of the part 1 in the row direction in units of C=m bits as illustrated in B of FIG. 96.

Then, the reading of the code bits from all the C columns of the part 1 is sequentially performed toward a row therebelow, and when the reading is completed up to an R1-th row serving as the last row, the code bits are read from the let rows of all the C columns of the part 2 in the row direction in units of C=m bits.

The reading of the code bits from all the C columns of the part 2 is sequentially performed toward a row therebelow and the reading is performed up to an R2 row serving as the last row.

As a result, the code bits read from the parts 1 and 2 in units of m bits are supplied to the mapper 117 (FIG. 8) as the symbol.

<Group-Wise Interleave>

FIG. 97 is a diagram illustrating the group-wise interleave performed by the group-wise interleaver 24 of FIG. 9.

In the group-wise interleave, 360 bits of one segment are used as the bit group, where the LDPC code of one code word is divided into segments in units of 360 bits equal to the unit size P, and the LDPC code of one code word is interleaved according to a predetermined pattern (hereinafter, also referred to as a GW pattern), starting from the head.

Here, when the LDPC code of one code word is segmented into the bit groups, an (i+1)-th bit group from the head is also referred to as a bit group i.

When the unit size P is 360, for example, the LDPC code in which the code length N is 1800 bits is segmented into bit groups 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4, that is, 5 (=1800/360) bit groups.

Further, for example, the LDPC code in which the code length N is 16200 bits is segmented into bit groups 0, 1, . . . , and 44, that is, 45 (=16200/360) bit groups, and the LDPC code in which the code length N is 64800 bits is segmented into bit groups 0, 1, . . . , and 179, that is, 180 (=64800/360) bit groups.

Hereinafter, the GW pattern is assumed to be indicated by a sequence of numbers indicating a bit group. For example, for the LDPC code in which the code length N is 1800 bits, for example, the GW pattern 4, 2, 0, 3, 1 indicates that a sequence of bit groups 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4 is interleaved (rearranged) into a sequence of bit groups 4, 2, 0, 3, and 1.

The GW pattern can be set at least for each code length N of the LDPC code.

FIG. 98 is a diagram illustrating a let example of the GW pattern for an LDPC code in which the code length N is 64 kbits.

According to the GW pattern of FIG. 98, a sequence of bit groups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64 kbits is interleaved into a sequence of bit groups

39, 47, 96, 176, 33, 75, 165, 38, 27, 58, 90, 76, 17, 46, 10, 91, 133, 69, 171, 32, 117, 78, 13, 146, 101, 36, 0, 138, 25, 77, 122, 49, 14, 125, 140, 93, 130, 2, 104, 102, 128, 4, 111, 151, 84, 167, 35, 127, 156, 55, 82, 85, 66, 114, 8, 147, 115, 113, 5, 31, 100, 106, 48, 52, 67, 107, 18, 126, 112, 50, 9, 143, 28, 160, 71, 79, 43, 98, 86, 94, 64, 3, 166, 105, 103, 118, 63, 51, 139, 172, 141, 175, 56, 74, 95, 29, 45, 129, 120, 0.168, 92, 150, 7, 162, 153, 137, 108, 159, 157, 173, 23, 89, 132, 57, 37, 70, 134, 40, 21, 149, 80, 1, 121, 59, 110, 142, 152, 15, 154, 145, 12, 170, 54, 155, 99, 22, 123, 72, 177, 131, 116, 44, 158, 73, 11, 65, 164, 119, 174, 34, 83, 53, 24, 42, 60, 26, 161, 68, 178, 41, 148, 109, 87, 144, 135, 20, 62, 81, 169, 124, 6, 19, 30, 163, 61, 179, 136, 97, 16, and 88.

FIG. 99 is a diagram illustrating a 2nd example of the GW pattern for an LDPC code in which the code length N is 64 kbits.

According to the GW pattern of FIG. 99, a sequence of bit groups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64 kbits is interleaved into a sequence of bit groups

6, 14, 1, 127, 161, 177, 75, 123, 62, 103, 17, 18, 167, 88, 27, 34, 8, 110, 7, 78, 94, 44, 45, 166, 149, 61, 163, 145, 155, 157, 82, 130, 70, 92, 151, 139, 160, 133, 26, 2, 79, 15, 95, 122, 126, 178, 101, 24, 138, 146, 179, 30, 86, 58, 11, 121, 159, 49, 84, 132, 117, 119, 50, 52, 4, 51, 48, 74, 114, 59, 40, 131, 33, 89, 66, 136, 72, 16, 134, 37, 164, 77, 99, 173, 20, 158, 156, 90, 41, 176, 81, 42, 60, 109, 22, 150, 105, 120, 12, 64, 56, 68, 111, 21, 148, 53, 169, 97, 108, 35, 140, 91, 115, 152, 36, 106, 154, 0, 25, 54, 63, 172, 80, 168, 142, 118, 162, 135, 73, 83, 153, 141, 9, 28, 55, 31, 112, 107, 85, 100, 175, 23, 57, 47, 38, 170, 137, 76, 147, 93, 19, 98, 124, 39, 87, 174, 144, 46, 10, 129, 69, 71, 125, 96, 116, 171, 128, 65, 102, 5, 43, 143, 104, 13, 67, 29, 3, 113, 32, and 165.

FIG. 100 is a diagram illustrating a 3rd example of the GW pattern for an LDPC code in which the code length N is 64 kbits.

According to the GW pattern of FIG. 100, a sequence of bit groups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64 kbits is interleaved into a sequence of bit groups

103, 116, 158, 0, 27, 73, 140, 30, 148, 36, 153, 154, 10, 174, 122, 178, 6, 106, 162, 59, 142, 112, 7, 74, 11, 51, 49, 72, 31, 65, 156, 95, 171, 105, 173, 168, 1, 155, 125, 82, 86, 161, 57, 165, 54, 26, 121, 25, 157, 93, 22, 34, 33, 39, 19, 46, 150, 141, 12, 9, 79, 118, 24, 17, 85, 117, 67, 58, 129, 160, 89, 61, 146, 77, 130, 102, 101, 137, 94, 69, 14, 133, 60, 149, 136, 16, 108, 41, 90, 28, 144, 13, 175, 114, 2, 18, 63, 68, 21, 109, 53, 123, 75, 81, 143, 169, 42, 119, 138, 104, 4, 131, 145, 8, 5, 76, 15, 88, 177, 124, 45, 97, 64, 100, 37, 132, 38, 44, 107, 35, 43, 80, 50, 91, 152, 78, 166, 55, 115, 170, 159, 147, 167, 87, 83, 29, 96, 172, 48, 98, 62, 139, 70, 164, 84, 47, 151, 134, 126, 113, 179, 110, 111, 128, 32, 52, 66, 40, 135, 176, 99, 127, 163, 3, 120, 71, 56, 92, 23, and 20.

FIG. 101 is a diagram illustrating a 4th example of the GW pattern for an LDPC code in which the code length N is 64 kbits.

According to the GW pattern of FIG. 101, a sequence of bit groups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64 kbits is interleaved into a sequence of bit groups

139, 106, 125, 81, 88, 104, 3, 66, 60, 65, 2, 95, 155, 24, 151, 5, 51, 53, 29, 75, 52, 85, 8, 22, 98, 93, 168, 15, 86, 126, 173, 100, 130, 176, 20, 10, 87, 92, 175, 36, 143, 110, 67, 146, 149, 127, 133, 42, 84, 64, 78, 1, 48, 159, 79, 138, 46, 112, 164, 31, 152, 57, 144, 69, 27, 136, 122, 170, 132, 171, 129, 115, 107, 134, 89, 157, 113, 119, 135, 45, 148, 83, 114, 71, 128, 161, 140, 26, 13, 59, 38, 35, 96, 28, 0, 80, 174, 137, 49, 16, 101, 74, 179, 91, 44, 55, 169, 131, 163, 123, 145, 162, 108, 178, 12, 77, 167, 21, 154, 82, 54, 90, 177, 17, 41, 39, 7, 102, 156, 62, 109, 14, 37, 23, 153, 6, 147, 50, 47, 63, 18, 70, 68, 124, 72, 33, 158, 32, 118, 99, 105, 94, 25, 121, 166, 120, 160, 141, 165, 111, 19, 150, 97, 76, 73, 142, 117, 4, 172, 58, 11, 30, 9, 103, 40, 61, 43, 34, 56, and 116.

FIG. 102 is a diagram illustrating a 5th example of the GW pattern for an LDPC code in which the code length N is 64 kbits.

According to the GW pattern of FIG. 102, a sequence of bit groups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64 kbits is interleaved into a sequence of bit groups

72, 59, 65, 61, 80, 2, 66, 23, 69, 101, 19, 16, 53, 109, 74, 106, 113, 56, 97, 30, 164, 15, 25, 20, 117, 76, 50, 82, 178, 13, 169, 36, 107, 40, 122, 138, 42, 96, 27, 163, 46, 64, 124, 57, 87, 120, 168, 166, 39, 177, 22, 67, 134, 9, 102, 28, 148, 91, 83, 88, 167, 32, 99, 1.40, 60, 152, 1, 123, 29, 154, 26, 70, 149, 171, 12, 6, 55, 100, 62, 86, 114, 174, 132, 139, 7, 45, 103, 130, 31, 49, 151, 119, 79, 41, 118, 126, 3, 179, 110, 111, 51, 93, 145, 73, 133, 54, 104, 161, 37, 129, 63, 38, 95, 159, 89, 112, 115, 136, 33, 68, 17, 35, 137, 173, 143, 78, 77, 141, 150, 58, 158, 125, 156, 24, 105, 98, 43, 84, 92, 128, 165, 153, 108, 0, 121, 170, 131, 144, 47, 157, 11, 155, 176, 48, 135, 4, 116, 146, 127, 52, 162, 142, 8, 5, 34, 85, 90, 44, 172, 94, 160, 175, 75, 71, 18, 147, 10, 21, 14, and 81.

FIG. 103 is a diagram illustrating a 6th example of the GW pattern for an LDPC code in which the code length N is 64 kbits.

According to the GW pattern of FIG. 103, a sequence of bit groups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64 kbits is interleaved into a sequence of bit groups

8, 27, 7, 70, 75, 84, 50, 131, 146, 99, 96, 141, 155, 157, 82, 57, 120, 38, 137, 13, 83, 23, 40, 9, 56, 171, 124, 172, 39, 142, 20, 128, 133, 2, 89, 153, 103, 112, 129, 151, 162, 106, 14, 62, 107, 110, 73, 71, 177, 154, 80, 176, 24, 91, 32, 173, 25, 16, 17, 159, 21, 92, 6, 67, 81, 37, 15, 136, 100, 64, 102, 163, 168, 18, 78, 76, 45, 140, 123, 118, 58, 122, 11, 19, 86, 98, 119, 111, 26, 138, 125, 74, 97, 63, 10, 152, 161, 175, 87, 52, 60, 22, 79, 104, 30, 158, 54, 145, 49, 34, 166, 109, 179, 174, 93, 41, 116, 48, 3, 29, 134, 167, 105, 132, 114, 169, 147, 144, 77, 61, 170, 90, 178, 0, 43, 149, 130, 117, 47, 44, 36, 115, 88, 101, 148, 69, 46, 94, 143, 164, 139, 126, 160, 156, 33, 113, 65, 121, 53, 42, 66, 165, 85, 127, 135, 5, 55, 150, 72, 35, 31, 51, 4, 1, 68, 12, 28, 95, 59, and 108.

FIG. 104 is a diagram illustrating a 7th example of the GW pattern for an LDPC code in which the code length N is 64 kbits.

According to the GW pattern of FIG. 104, a sequence of bit groups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64 kbits is interleaved into a sequence of bit groups

0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60, 62, 64, 66, 68, 70, 72, 74, 76, 78, 80, 82, 84, 86, 88, 90, 92, 94, 96, 98, 100, 102, 104, 106, 108, 110, 112, 114, 116, 118, 120, 122, 124, 126, 128, 130, 132, 134, 136, 138, 140, 142, 144, 146, 148, 150, 152, 154, 156, 158, 160, 162, 164, 166, 168, 170, 172, 174, 176, 178, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 61, 63, 65, 67, 69, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, 83, 85, 87, 89, 91, 93, 95, 97, 99, 101, 103, 105, 107, 109, 111, 113, 115, 117, 119, 121, 123, 125, 127, 129, 131, 133, 135, 137, 139, 141, 143, 145, 147, 149, 151, 153, 155, 157, 159, 161, 163, 165, 167, 169, 171, 173, 175, 177, and 179.

FIG. 105 is a diagram illustrating an 8th example of the GW pattern for an LDPC code in which the code length N is 64 kbits.

According to the GW pattern of FIG. 105, a sequence of bit groups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64 kbits is interleaved into a sequence of bit groups

11, 5, 8, 18, 1, 25, 32, 31, 19, 21, 50, 102, 65, 85, 45, 86, 98, 104, 64, 78, 72, 53, 103, 79, 93, 41, 82, 108, 112, 116, 120, 124, 128, 132, 136, 140, 144, 148, 152, 156, 160, 164, 168, 172, 176, 4, 12, 15, 3, 10, 20, 26, 34, 23, 33, 68, 63, 69, 92, 44, 90, 75, 56, 100, 47, 106, 42, 39, 97, 99, 89, 52, 109, 113, 117, 121, 125, 129, 133, 137, 141, 145, 149, 153, 157, 161, 165, 169, 173, 177, 6, 16, 14, 7, 13, 36, 28, 29, 37, 73, 70, 54, 76, 91, 66, 80, 88, 51, 96, 81, 95, 38, 57, 105, 107, 59, 61, 110, 114, 118, 122, 126, 130, 134, 138, 142, 146, 150, 154, 158, 162, 166, 170, 174, 178, 0, 9, 17, 2, 27, 30, 24, 22, 35, 77, 74, 46, 94, 62, 87, 83, 101, 49, 43, 84, 48, 60, 67, 71, 58, 40, 55, 111, 115, 119, 123, 127, 131, 135, 139, 143, 147, 151, 155, 159, 163, 167, 171, 175, and 179.

FIG. 106 is a diagram illustrating a 9th example of the GW pattern for an LDPC code in which the code length N is 64 kbits.

According to the GW pattern of FIG. 106, a sequence of bit groups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64 kbits is interleaved into a sequence of bit groups

9, 18, 15, 13, 35, 26, 28, 99, 40, 68, 85, 58, 63, 104, 50, 52, 94, 69, 108, 114, 120, 126, 132, 138, 144, 150, 156, 162, 168, 174, 8, 16, 17, 24, 37, 23, 22, 103, 64, 43, 47, 56, 92, 59, 70, 42, 106, 60, 109, 115, 121, 127, 133, 139, 145, 151, 157, 163, 169, 175, 4, 1, 10, 19, 30, 31, 89, 86, 77, 81, 51, 79, 83, 48, 45, 62, 67, 65, 110, 116, 122, 128, 134, 140, 146, 152, 158, 164, 170, 176, 6, 2, 0, 25, 20, 34, 98, 105, 82, 96, 90, 107, 53, 74, 73, 93, 55, 102, 111, 117, 123, 129, 135, 141, 147, 153, 159, 165, 171, 177, 14, 7, 3, 27, 21, 33, 44, 97, 38, 75, 72, 41, 84, 80, 100, 87, 76, 57, 112, 118, 124, 130, 136, 142, 148, 154, 160, 166, 172, 178, 5, 11, 12, 32, 29, 36, 88, 71, 78, 95, 49, 54, 61, 66, 46, 39, 101, 91, 113, 119, 125, 131, 137, 143, 149, 155, 161, 167, 173, and 179.

FIG. 107 is a diagram illustrating a 10th example of the GW pattern for an LDPC code in which the code length N is 64 kbits.

According to the GW pattern of FIG. 107, a sequence of bit groups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64 kbits is interleaved into a sequence of bit groups 0, 14, 19, 21, 2, 11, 22, 9, 8, 7, 16, 3, 26, 24, 27, 80, 100, 121, 107, 31, 36, 42, 46, 49, 75, 93, 127, 95, 119, 73, 61, 63, 117, 89, 99, 129, 52, 111, 124, 48, 122, 82, 106, 91, 92, 71, 103, 102, 81, 113, 101, 97, 33, 115, 59, 112, 90, 51, 126, 85, 123, 40, 83, 53, 69, 70, 132, 134, 136, 138, 140, 142, 144, 146, 148, 150, 152, 154, 156, 158, 160, 162, 164, 166, 168, 170, 172, 174, 176, 178, 4, 5, 10, 12, 20, 6, 18, 13, 17, 15, 1, 29, 28, 23, 25, 67, 116, 66, 104, 44, 50, 47, 84, 76, 65, 130, 56, 128, 77, 39, 94, 87, 120, 62, 88, 74, 35, 110, 131, 98, 60, 37, 45, 78, 125, 41, 34, 118, 38, 72, 108, 58, 43, 109, 57, 105, 68, 86, 79, 96, 32, 114, 64, 55, 30, 54, 133, 135, 137, 139, 141, 143, 145, 147, 149, 151, 153, 155, 157, 159, 161, 163, 165, 167, 169, 171, 173, 175, 177, and 179.

FIG. 108 is a diagram illustrating an 11th example of the GW pattern for an LDPC code in which the code length N is 64 kbits.

According to the GW pattern of FIG. 108, a sequence of bit groups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64 kbits is interleaved into a sequence of bit groups

21, 11, 12, 9, 0, 6, 24, 25, 85, 103, 118, 122, 71, 101, 41, 93, 55, 73, 100, 40, 106, 119, 45, 80, 128, 68, 129, 61, 124, 36, 126, 117, 114, 132, 136, 140, 144, 148, 152, 156, 160, 164, 168, 172, 176, 20, 18, 10, 13, 16, 8, 26, 27, 54, 111, 52, 44, 87, 113, 115, 58, 116, 49, 77, 95, 86, 30, 78, 81, 56, 125, 53, 89, 94, 50, 123, 65, 83, 133, 137, 141, 145, 149, 153, 157, 161, 165, 1.69, 173, 177, 2, 17, 1, 4, 7, 15, 29, 82, 32, 102, 76, 121, 92, 130, 127, 62, 107, 38, 46, 43, 110, 75, 104, 70, 91, 69, 96, 120, 42, 34, 79, 35, 105, 134, 138, 142, 146, 150, 154, 158, 162, 166, 170, 174, 178, 19, 5, 3, 14, 22, 28, 23, 109, 51, 108, 131, 33, 84, 88, 64, 63, 59, 57, 97, 98, 48, 31, 99, 37, 72, 39, 74, 66, 60, 67, 47, 112, 90, 135, 139, 143, 147, 151, 155, 159, 163, 167, 171, 175, and 179.

FIG. 109 is a diagram illustrating a 12th example of the GW pattern for an LDPC code in which the code length N is 64 kbits.

According to the GW pattern of FIG. 109, a sequence of bit groups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64 kbits is interleaved into a sequence of bit groups

12, 15, 2, 16, 27, 50, 35, 74, 38, 70, 108, 32, 112, 54, 30, 122, 72, 116, 36, 90, 49, 85, 132, 138, 144, 150, 156, 162, 168, 174, 0, 14, 9, 5, 23, 66, 68, 52, 96, 117, 84, 128, 100, 63, 60, 127, 81, 99, 53, 55, 1.03, 95, 133, 139, 145, 151, 157, 163, 169, 175, 10, 22, 13, 11, 28, 104, 37, 57, 115, 46, 65, 129, 107, 75, 119, 110, 31, 43, 97, 78, 125, 58, 134, 140, 146, 152, 158, 164, 170, 176, 4, 19, 6, 8, 24, 44, 101, 94, 118, 130, 69, 71, 83, 34, 86, 124, 48, 106, 89, 40, 102, 91, 135, 141, 147, 153, 159, 165, 171, 177, 3, 20, 7, 17, 25, 87, 41, 120, 47, 80, 59, 62, 88, 45, 56, 131, 61, 126, 113, 92, 51, 98, 136, 142, 148, 154, 160, 166, 172, 178, 21, 18, 1, 26, 29, 39, 73, 121, 105, 77, 42, 114, 93, 82, 111, 109, 67, 79, 123, 64, 76, 33, 137, 143, 149, 155, 161, 167, 173, and 179.

FIG. 110 is a diagram illustrating a 13th example of the GW pattern for an LDPC code in which the code length N is 64 kbits.

According to the GW pattern of FIG. 110, a sequence of bit groups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64 kbits is interleaved into a sequence of bit groups

0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60, 62, 64, 66, 68, 70, 72, 74, 76, 78, 80, 82, 84, 86, 88, 90, 92, 94, 96, 98, 100, 102, 104, 106, 108, 110, 112, 114, 116, 118, 120, 122, 124, 126, 128, 130, 132, 134, 136, 138, 140, 142, 144, 146, 148, 150, 152, 154, 156, 158, 160, 162, 164, 166, 168, 170, 172, 174, 176, 178, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 2?, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 61, 63, 65, 67, 69, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, 83, 85, 87, 89, 91, 93, 95, 97, 99, 101, 103, 105, 107, 109, 111, 113, 115, 117, 119, 121, 123, 125, 127, 129, 131, 133, 135, 137, 139, 141, 143, 145, 147, 149, 151, 153, 155, 157, 159, 161, 163, 165, 167, 1.69, 171, 173, 175, 177, and 179.

FIG. 111 is a diagram illustrating a 14th example of the GW pattern for an LDPC code in which the code length N is 64 kbits.

According to the GW pattern of FIG. 111, a sequence of bit groups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64 kbits is interleaved into a sequence of bit groups

0, 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64, 68, 72, 76, 80, 84, 88, 92, 96, 100, 104, 108, 112, 116, 120, 124, 128, 132, 136, 140, 144, 148, 152, 156, 160, 164, 168, 172, 176, 1, 5, 9, 13, 17, 21, 25, 29, 33, 37, 41, 45, 49, 53, 57, 61, 65, 69, 73, 77, 81, 85, 89, 93, 97, 101, 105, 109, 113, 117, 121, 125, 129, 133, 137, 141, 145, 149, 153, 157, 161, 165, 169, 173, 177, 2, 6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26, 30, 34, 38, 42, 46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 70, 74, 78, 82, 86, 90, 94, 98, 102, 106, 110, 114, 118, 122, 126, 130, 134, 138, 142, 146, 150, 154, 158, 162, 166, 170, 174, 178, 3, 7, 11, 15, 19, 23, 27, 31, 35, 39, 43, 47, 51, 55, 59, 63, 67, 71, 75, 79, 83, 87, 91, 95, 99, 103, 107, 111, 115, 119, 123, 127, 131, 135, 139, 143, 147, 151, 155, 159, 163, 167, 171, 175, and 179.

FIG. 112 is a diagram illustrating a 15th example of the GW pattern for an LDPC code in which the code length N is 64 kbits.

According to the GW pattern of FIG. 112, a sequence of bit groups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64 kbits is interleaved into a sequence of bit groups

8, 112, 92, 165, 12, 55, 5, 126, 87, 70, 69, 94, 103, 78, 137, 148, 9, 60, 13, 7, 178, 79, 43, 136, 34, 68, 118, 152, 49, 15, 99, 61, 66, 28, 109, 125, 33, 167, 81, 93, 97, 26, 35, 30, 153, 131, 122, 71, 107, 130, 76, 4, 95, 42, 58, 134, 0, 89, 75, 40, 129, 31, 80, 101, 52, 16, 142, 44, 138, 46, 116, 27, 82, 88, 143, 128, 72, 29, 83, 117, 172, 14, 51, 159, 48, 160, 100, 1, 102, 90, 22, 3, 114, 19, 108, 113, 39, 73, 111, 155, 106, 105, 91, 150, 54, 25, 135, 139, 147, 36, 56, 123, 6, 67, 104, 96, 157, 10, 62, 164, 86, 74, 133, 120, 174, 53, 140, 156, 171, 149, 127, 85, 59, 124, 84, 11, 21, 132, 41, 145, 158, 32, 17, 23, 50, 169, 170, 38, 18, 151, 24, 166, 175, 2, 47, 57, 98, 20, 177, 161, 154, 176, 163, 37, 110, 168, 141, 64, 65, 173, 162, 121, 45, 77, 115, 179, 63, 119, 146, and 144.

FIG. 113 is a diagram illustrating a 16th example of the GW pattern for an LDPC code in which the code length N is 64 kbits.

According to the GW pattern of FIG. 113, a sequence of bit groups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64 kbits is interleaved into a sequence of bit groups

103, 138, 168, 82, 116, 45, 178, 28, 160, 2, 129, 148, 150, 23, 54, 106, 24, 78, 49, 87, 145, 179, 26, 112, 119, 12, 18, 174, 21, 48, 134, 137, 102, 147, 152, 72, 68, 3, 22, 169, 30, 64, 108, 142, 131, 13, 113, 115, 121, 37, 133, 136, 101, 59, 73, 161, 38, 164, 43, 167, 42, 144, 41, 85, 91, 58, 128, 154, 172, 57, 75, 17, 157, 19, 4, 86, 15, 25, 35, 9, 105, 123, 14, 34, 56, 111, 60, 90, 74, 149, 146, 62, 163, 31, 16, 141, 88, 6, 155, 130, 89, 107, 135, 79, 8, 10, 124, 171, 114, 162, 33, 66, 126, 71, 44, 158, 51, 84, 165, 173, 120, 7, 11, 170, 176, 1, 156, 96, 175, 153, 36, 47, 110, 63, 132, 29, 95, 143, 98, 70, 20, 122, 53, 100, 93, 140, 109, 139, 76, 151, 52, 61, 46, 125, 94, 50, 67, 81, 69, 65, 40, 127, 77, 32, 39, 27, 99, 97, 159, 166, 80, 117, 55, 92, 118, 0, 5, 83, 177, and 104.

FIG. 114 is a diagram illustrating a 17th example of the GW pattern for an LDPC code in which the code length N is 64 kbits.

According to the GW pattern of FIG. 114, a sequence of bit groups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64 kbits is interleaved into a sequence of bit groups

104, 120, 47, 136, 116, 109, 22, 20, 117, 61, 52, 108, 86, 99, 76, 90, 37, 58, 36, 138, 95, 130, 177, 93, 56, 33, 24, 82, 0, 67, 83, 46, 79, 70, 154, 18, 75, 43, 49, 63, 162, 16, 167, 80, 125, 1, 123, 107, 9, 45, 53, 15, 38, 23, 57, 141, 4, 178, 165, 113, 21, 105, 11, 124, 126, 77, 146, 29, 131, 27, 176, 40, 74, 91, 140, 64, 73, 44, 129, 157, 172, 51, 10, 128, 119, 163, 103, 28, 85, 156, 78, 6, 8, 173, 160, 106, 31, 54, 122, 25, 139, 68, 150, 164, 87, 135, 97, 166, 42, 169, 161, 137, 26, 39, 133, 5, 94, 69, 2, 30, 171, 149, 115, 96, 145, 101, 92, 143, 12, 88, 81, 71, 19, 147, 50, 152, 159, 155, 151, 174, 60, 32, 3, 142, 72, 14, 170, 112, 65, 89, 175, 158, 17, 114, 62, 144, 13, 98, 66, 59, 7, 118, 48, 153, 100, 134, 84, 111, 132, 127, 41, 168, 110, 102, 34, 121, 179, 148, 55, and 35.

FIG. 115 is a diagram illustrating an 18th example of the GW pattern for an LDPC code in which the code length N is 64 kbits.

According to the GW pattern of FIG. 115, a sequence of bit groups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64 kbits is interleaved into a sequence of bit groups

37, 98, 160, 63, 18, 6, 94, 136, 8, 50, 0, 75, 65, 32, 107, 60, 108, 17, 21, 156, 157, 5, 73, 66, 38, 177, 162, 130, 171, 76, 57, 126, 103, 62, 120, 134, 154, 101, 143, 29, 13, 149, 16, 33, 55, 56, 159, 128, 23, 146, 153, 141, 169, 49, 46, 152, 89, 155, 111, 127, 48, 14, 93, 41, 7, 78, 135, 69, 123, 179, 36, 87, 27, 58, 88, 170, 125, 110, 15, 97, 178, 90, 121, 173, 30, 102, 10, 80, 104, 166, 64, 4, 147, 1, 52, 45, 148, 68, 158, 31, 140, 100, 85, 115, 151, 70, 39, 82, 122, 79, 12, 91, 133, 132, 22, 163, 47, 19, 119, 144, 35, 25, 42, 83, 92, 26, 72, 138, 54, 124, 24, 74, 118, 117, 168, 71, 109, 112, 106, 176, 175, 44, 145, 11, 9, 161, 96, 77, 174, 137, 34, 84, 2, 164, 129, 43, 150, 61, 53, 20, 165, 113, 142, 116, 95, 3, 28, 40, 81, 99, 139, 114, 59, 67, 172, 131, 105, 167, 51, and 86.

FIG. 116 is a diagram illustrating a 19th example of the GW pattern for an LDPC code in which the code length N is 64 kbits.

According to the GW pattern of FIG. 116, a sequence of bit groups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64 kbits is interleaved into a sequence of bit groups

58, 70, 23, 32, 26, 63, 55, 48, 35, 41, 53, 20, 38, 51, 61, 65, 44, 29, 7, 2, 113, 68, 96, 104, 106, 89, 27, 0, 119, 21, 4, 49, 46, 100, 13, 36, 57, 98, 102, 9, 42, 39, 33, 62, 22, 95, 101, 15, 91, 25, 93, 132, 69, 87, 47, 59, 67, 124, 17, 11, 31, 43, 40, 37, 85, 50, 97, 140, 45, 92, 56, 30, 34, 60, 107, 24, 52, 94, 64, 5, 71, 90, 66, 103, 88, 86, 84, 19, 169, 159, 147, 126, 28, 130, 14, 162, 144, 166, 108, 153, 115, 135, 120, 122, 112, 139, 151, 156, 16, 172, 164, 123, 99, 54, 136, 81, 105, 128, 116, 150, 155, 76, 18, 142, 170, 175, 83, 146, 78, 109, 73, 131, 127, 82, 167, 77, 110, 79, 137, 152, 3, 173, 148, 72, 158, 117, 1, 6, 12, 8, 161, 74, 143, 133, 168, 171, 134, 163, 138, 121, 141, 160, 111, 10, 149, 80, 75, 165, 157, 174, 129, 145, 114, 125, 154, 118, 176, 177, 178, and 179.

FIG. 117 is a diagram illustrating a 20th example of the GW pattern for an LDPC code in which the code length N is 64 kbits.

According to the GW pattern of FIG. 117, a sequence of bit groups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64 kbits is interleaved into a sequence of bit groups

40, 159, 100, 14, 88, 75, 53, 24, 157, 84, 23, 77, 140, 145, 32, 28, 112, 39, 76, 50, 93, 27, 107, 25, 152, 101, 127, 5, 129, 71, 9, 21, 96, 73, 35, 106, 158, 49, 136, 30, 137, 115, 139, 48, 167, 85, 74, 72, 7, 110, 161, 41, 170, 147, 82, 128, 149, 33, 8, 120, 47, 68, 58, 67, 87, 155, 11, 18, 103, 151, 29, 36, 83, 135, 79, 150, 97, 54, 70, 138, 156, 31, 121, 34, 20, 130, 61, 57, 2, 166, 117, 15, 6, 165, 118, 98, 116, 131, 109, 62, 126, 175, 22, 111, 164, 16, 133, 102, 55, 105, 64, 177, 78, 37, 162, 124, 119, 19, 4, 69, 132, 65, 123, 160, 17, 52, 38, 1, 80, 90, 42, 81, 104, 13, 144, 51, 114, 3, 43, 146, 163, 59, 45, 89, 122, 169, 44, 94, 86, 99, 66, 171, 173, 0, 141, 148, 176, 26, 143, 178, 60, 153, 142, 91, 179, 12, 168, 113, 95, 174, 56, 134, 92, 46, 108, 125, 10, 172, 154, and 63.

FIG. 118 is a diagram illustrating a 21st example of the GW pattern for an LDPC code in which the code length N is 64 kbits.

According to the GW pattern of FIG. 118, a sequence of bit groups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64 kbits is interleaved into a sequence of bit groups

143, 57, 67, 26, 134, 112, 136, 103, 13, 94, 16, 116, 169, 95, 98, 6, 174, 173, 102, 15, 114, 39, 127, 78, 18, 123, 121, 4, 89, 115, 24, 108, 74, 63, 175, 82, 48, 20, 104, 92, 27, 3, 33, 106, 62, 148, 154, 25, 129, 69, 178, 156, 87, 83, 100, 122, 70, 93, 50, 140, 43, 125, 166, 41, 128, 85, 157, 49, 86, 66, 79, 130, 133, 171, 21, 165, 126, 51, 153, 38, 142, 109, 10, 65, 23, 91, 90, 73, 61, 42, 47, 131, 77, 9, 58, 96, 101, 37, 7, 159, 44, 2, 170, 160, 162, 0, 137, 31, 45, 110, 144, 88, 8, 11, 40, 81, 168, 135, 56, 151, 107, 105, 32, 120, 132, 1, 84, 161, 179, 72, 176, 71, 145, 139, 75, 141, 97, 17, 149, 124, 80, 60, 36, 52, 164, 53, 158, 113, 34, 76, 5, 111, 155, 138, 19, 35, 167, 172, 14, 147, 55, 152, 59, 64, 54, 117, 146, 118, 119, 150, 29, 163, 68, 99, 46, 177, 28, 22, 30, and 12.

FIG. 119 is a diagram illustrating a 22nd example of the GW pattern for an LDPC code in which the code length N is 64 kbits.

According to the GW pattern of FIG. 119, a sequence of bit groups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64 kbits is interleaved into a sequence of bit groups

116, 47, 155, 89, 109, 137, 103, 60, 114, 14, 148, 100, 28, 132, 129, 105, 154, 7, 167, 140, 160, 30, 57, 32, 81, 3, 86, 45, 69, 147, 125, 52, 20, 22, 156, 168, 17, 5, 93, 53, 61, 149, 56, 62, 112, 48, 11, 21, 166, 73, 158, 104, 79, 128, 135, 126, 63, 26, 44, 97, 13, 151, 123, 41, 118, 35, 131, 8, 90, 58, 134, 6, 78, 130, 82, 106, 99, 178, 102, 29, 108, 120, 107, 139, 23, 85, 36, 172, 174, 138, 95, 145, 170, 122, 50, 19, 91, 67, 101, 92, 179, 27, 94, 66, 171, 39, 68, 9, 59, 146, 15, 31, 38, 49, 37, 64, 77, 152, 144, 72, 165, 163, 24, 1, 2, 111, 80, 124, 43, 136, 127, 153, 75, 42, 113, 18, 164, 133, 142, 98, 96, 4, 51, 150, 46, 121, 76, 10, 25, 176, 34, 110, 115, 143, 173, 169, 40, 65, 157, 175, 70, 33, 141, 71, 119, 16, 162, 177, 12, 84, 87, 117, 0, 88, 161, 55, 54, 83, 74, and 159.

The 1st to 22nd examples of the GW pattern for the LDPC code in which the code length N is 64 kbits can be applied to any combination of the LDPC code of an arbitrary encoding rate r in which the code length N is 64 kbits and modulation scheme (constellation).

However, when the GW pattern to be applied to the group-wise interleave is set for each combination of the code length N of the LDPC code, the encoding rate r of the LDPC code, and the modulation scheme (constellation), the error rate of each combination can be further improved.

For example, when the GW pattern of FIG. 98 is applied to the combination of the ETRI symbol (64 k, 5/15) and QPSK, particularly, an excellent error rate can be achieved.

For example, when the GW pattern of FIG. 99 is applied to the combination of the ETRI symbol (64 k, 5/15) and 16QAM, particularly, an excellent error rate can be achieved.

For example, when the GW pattern of FIG. 100 is applied to the combination of the ETRI symbol (64 k, 5/15) and 64QAM, particularly, an excellent error rate can be achieved.

For example, when the GW pattern of FIG. 101 is applied to the combination of the Sony symbol (64 k, 7/15) and QPSK, particularly, an excellent error rate can be achieved.

For example, when the GW pattern of FIG. 102 is applied to the combination of the Sony symbol (64 k, 7/15) and 16QAM, particularly, an excellent error rate can be achieved.

For example, when the GW pattern of FIG. 103 is applied to the combination of the Sony symbol (64 k, 7/15) and 64QAM, particularly, an excellent error rate can be achieved.

For example, when the GW pattern of FIG. 104 is applied to the combination of the Sony symbol (64 k, 9/15) and QPSK, particularly, an excellent error rate can be achieved.

For example, when the GW pattern of FIG. 105 is applied to the combination of the Sony symbol (64 k, 9/15) and 16QAM, particularly, an excellent error rate can be achieved.

For example, when the GW pattern of FIG. 106 is applied to the combination of the Sony symbol (64 k, 9/15) and 64QAM, particularly, an excellent error rate can be achieved.

For example, when the GW pattern of FIG. 107 is applied to the combination of the Sony symbol (64 k, 11/15) and QPSK, particularly, an excellent error rate can be achieved.

For example, when the GW pattern of FIG. 108 is applied to the combination of the Sony symbol (64 k, 11/15) and 16QAM, particularly, an excellent error rate can be achieved.

For example, when the GW pattern of FIG. 109 is applied to the combination of the Sony symbol (64 k, 11/15) and 64QAM, particularly, an excellent error rate can be achieved.

For example, when the GW pattern of FIG. 110 is applied to the combination of the Sony symbol (64 k, 13/15) and QPSK, particularly, an excellent error rate can be achieved.

For example, when the GW pattern of FIG. 111 is applied to the combination of the Sony symbol (64 k, 13/15) and 16QAM, particularly, an excellent error rate can be achieved.

For example, when the GW pattern of FIG. 112 is applied to the combination of the Sony symbol (64 k, 13/15) and 64QAM, particularly, an excellent error rate can be achieved.

For example, when the GW pattern of FIG. 113 is applied to the combination of the ETRI symbol (64 k, 5/15) and 256QAM, particularly, an excellent error rate can be achieved.

For example, when the GW pattern of FIG. 114 is applied to the combination of the ETRI symbol (64 k, 7/15) and 256QAM, particularly, an excellent error rate can be achieved.

For example, when the GW pattern of FIG. 115 is applied to the combination of the Sony symbol (64 k, 7/15) and 256QAM, particularly, an excellent error rate can be achieved.

For example, when the GW pattern of FIG. 116 is applied to the combination of the Sony symbol (64 k, 9/15) and 256QAM, particularly, an excellent error rate can be achieved.

For example, when the GW pattern of FIG. 117 is applied to the combination of the NERC symbol (64 k, 9/15) and 256QAM, particularly, an excellent error rate can be achieved.

For example, when the GW pattern of FIG. 118 is applied to the combination of the Sony symbol (64 k, 11/15) and 256QAM, particularly, an excellent error rate can be achieved.

For example, when the GW pattern of FIG. 119 is applied to the combination of the Sony symbol (64 k, 13/15) and 256QAM, particularly, an excellent error rate can be achieved.

FIG. 120 is a diagram illustrating a BER/FER curve indicating a simulation result of a simulation of measuring the error rate when the GW pattern of FIG. 98 is applied to a combination of the ETRI symbol (64 k, 5/15) and QPSK.

FIG. 121 is a diagram illustrating a BER/FER curve indicating a simulation result of a simulation of measuring the error rate when the GW pattern of FIG. 99 is applied to a combination of the ETRI symbol (64 k, 5/15) and 16QAM.

FIG. 122 is a diagram illustrating a BER/FER curve indicating a simulation result of a simulation of measuring the error rate when the GW pattern of FIG. 100 is applied to a combination of the ETRI symbol (64 k, 5/15) and 64QAM.

FIG. 123 is a diagram illustrating a BER/PER curve indicating a simulation result of a simulation of measuring the error rate when the GW pattern of FIG. 101 is applied to a combination of the Sony symbol (64 k, 7/15) and QPSK.

FIG. 124 is a diagram illustrating a BER/FER curve indicating a simulation result of a simulation of measuring the error rate when the GW pattern of FIG. 102 is applied to a combination of the Sony symbol (64 k, 7/15) and 16QAM.

FIG. 125 is a diagram illustrating a BER/FER curve indicating a simulation result of a simulation of measuring the error rate when the GW pattern of FIG. 103 is applied to a combination of the Sony symbol (64 k, 7/15) and 64QAM.

FIG. 126 is a diagram illustrating a BER/FER curve indicating a simulation result of a simulation of measuring the error rate when the GW pattern of FIG. 104 is applied to a combination of the Sony symbol. (64 k, 9/15) and QPSK.

FIG. 127 is a diagram illustrating a BER/FER curve indicating a simulation result of a simulation of measuring the error rate when the GW pattern of FIG. 105 is applied to a combination of the Sony symbol (64 k, 9/15) and 16QAM.

FIG. 128 is a diagram illustrating a BER/FER curve indicating a simulation result of a simulation of measuring the error rate when the GW pattern of FIG. 106 is applied to a combination of the Sony symbol (64 k, 9/15) and 64QAM.

FIG. 129 is a diagram illustrating a BER/FER curve indicating a simulation result of a simulation of measuring the error rate when the GW pattern of FIG. 107 is applied to a combination of the Sony symbol (64 k, 11/15) and QPSK.

FIG. 130 is a diagram illustrating a BER/FER curve indicating a simulation result of a simulation of measuring the error rate when the GW pattern of FIG. 108 is applied to a combination of the Sony symbol (64 k, 11/15) and 16QAM.

FIG. 131 is a diagram illustrating a BER/FER curve indicating a simulation result of a simulation of measuring the error rate when the GW pattern of FIG. 109 is applied to a combination of the Sony symbol (64 k, 11/15) and 64QAM.

FIG. 132 is a diagram illustrating a BER/FER curve indicating a simulation result of a simulation of measuring the error rate when the GW pattern of FIG. 110 is applied to a combination of the Sony symbol (64 k, 13/15) and QPSK.

FIG. 133 is a diagram illustrating a BER/FER curve indicating a simulation result of a simulation of measuring the error rate when the GW pattern of FIG. 111 is applied to a combination of the Sony symbol (64 k, 13/15) and 16QAM.

FIG. 134 is a diagram illustrating a BER/FER curve indicating a simulation result of a simulation of measuring the error rate when the GW pattern of FIG. 112 is applied to a combination of the Sony symbol (64 k, 13/15) and 64QAM.

FIG. 135 is a diagram illustrating a BER/FER curve indicating a simulation result of a simulation of measuring the error rate when the GW pattern of FIG. 113 is applied to a combination of the ETRI symbol (64 k, 5/15) and 256QAM.

FIG. 136 is a diagram illustrating a BER/FER curve indicating a simulation result of a simulation of measuring the error rate when the GW pattern of FIG. 114 is applied to a combination of the ETRI symbol (64 k, 7/15) and 256QAM.

FIG. 137 is a diagram illustrating a BER/PER curve indicating a simulation result of a simulation of measuring the error rate when the GW pattern of FIG. 115 is applied to a combination of the Sony symbol (64 k, 7/15) and 256QAM.

FIG. 138 is a diagram illustrating a BER/FER curve indicating a simulation result of a simulation of measuring the error rate when the GW pattern of FIG. 116 is applied to a combination of the Sony symbol (64 k, 9/15) and 256QAM.

FIG. 139 is a diagram illustrating a BER/FER curve indicating a simulation result of a simulation of measuring the error rate when the GW pattern of FIG. 117 is applied to a combination of the NERC symbol (64 k, 9/15) and 256QAM.

FIG. 140 is a diagram illustrating a BER/FER curve indicating a simulation result of a simulation of measuring the error rate when the GW pattern of FIG. 118 is applied to a combination of the Sony symbol (64 k, 11/15) and 256QAM.

FIG. 141 is a diagram illustrating a BER/FER curve indicating a simulation result of a simulation of measuring the error rate when the GW pattern of FIG. 119 is applied to a combination of the Sony symbol. (64 k, 13/15) and 256QAM.

FIGS. 120 to 141 illustrate BER/FER curves when an AWGN channel is employed as the communication path 13 (FIG. 7) (the upper drawings) and BER/FER curves when a Rayleigh (fading) channel is employed as the communication path 13 (FIG. 7) (the lower drawings).

In FIGS. 120 to 141, a solid line w bil indicates a BER/FER curve when the parity interleave, the group-wise interleave, and the block-wise interleave are performed, and a dotted line w/o bil indicates a BER/FER curve when the parity interleave, the group-wise interleave, and the block-wise interleave are not performed.

As can be seen from FIGS. 120 to 141, when the parity interleave, the group-wise interleave, and the block-wise interleave are performed, it is possible to improve the BER/FER and achieve the excel lent the error rate compared to when they are not performed.

Further, it is possible to apply the GW patterns of FIGS. 98 to 119 to the constellation in which the signal point arrangements illustrated in FIGS. 87 to 91 have been moved symmetrically to the I axis or the Q axis, the constellation in which the signal point arrangements illustrated in FIGS. 87 to 91 have been moved symmetrically to the origin, the constellation in which the signal point arrangements illustrated in FIGS. 87 to 91 have been rotated at an arbitrary angle centering on the origin, and the like in addition to the constellation of QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM, and 256QAM of the signal point arrangements illustrated in FIGS. 87 to 91, and it is possible to obtain the same effects as when the GW patterns of FIGS. 98 to 119 are applied to the constellation of QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM, and 256QAM of the signal point arrangements illustrated in FIGS. 87 to 91.

Further, it is possible to apply the GW pattern of FIGS. 98 to 119 to the constellation in which the most significant bit (MSB) and the least significant bit (LSB) of the symbol to be associated with (allocated to) the signal point are interchanged in the signal point arrangements illustrated in FIGS. 87 to 91 in addition to the constellation of QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM, and 256QAM of the signal point arrangements illustrated in FIGS. 87 to 91, and it is possible to obtain the same effects as when the GW patterns of FIGS. 98 to 119 are applied to the constellation of QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM, and 256QAM of the signal point arrangements illustrated in FIGS. 87 to 91 as well.

<Configuration Example of Receiving Device 12>

FIG. 142 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the receiving device 12 of FIG. 7.

An OFDM operating unit (OPDM operation) 151 receives an OFDM signal from the transmitting device 11 (FIG. 7) and executes signal processing of the OFDM signal. Data that is obtained by executing the signal processing by the OPDM operating unit 151 is supplied to a frame managing unit (Frame Management) 152.

The frame managing unit 152 executes processing (frame interpretation) of a frame configured by the data supplied from the OFDM operating unit 151 and supplies a signal of target data obtained as a result and a signal of control data to frequency deinterleavers 161 and 153.

The frequency deinterleaver 153 performs frequency deinterleave in a unit of symbol, with respect to the data supplied from the frame managing unit 152, and supplies the symbol to a demapper 154.

The demapper 154 performs demapping (signal point arrangement decoding) and orthogonal demodulation on the data (the data on the constellation) supplied from the frequency deinterleaver 153 based on the arrangement (constellation) of the signal points decided according to the orthogonal modulation performed at the transmitting device 11 side, and supplies the data ((the likelihood of) the LDPC code) obtained as a result to the LDPC decoder 155.

The LDPC decoder 155 performs LDPC decoding of the LDPC code supplied from the demapper 154 and supplies LDPC target data (in this case, a BCH code) obtained as a result to a BCH decoder 156.

The BCH decoder 156 performs BCH decoding of the LDPC target data supplied from the LDPC decoder 155 and outputs control data (signalling) obtained as a result.

Meanwhile, the frequency deinterleaver 161 performs frequency deinterleave in a unit of symbol, with respect to the data supplied from the frame managing unit 152, and supplies the symbol to a SISO/MISO decoder 162,

The SISO/MISO decoder 162 performs spatiotemporal decoding of the data supplied from the frequency deinterleaver 161 and supplies the data to a time deinterleaver 163.

The time deinterleaver 163 performs time deinterleave in a unit of symbol, with respect to the data supplied from the SISO/MISO decoder 162, and supplies the data to a demapper 164.

The demapper 164 performs demapping (signal point arrangement decoding) and orthogonal demodulation on the data (the data on the constellation) supplied from the time deinterleaver 163 based on the arrangement (constellation) of the signal points decided according to the orthogonal modulation performed at the transmitting device 11 side, and supplies data obtained as a result to a bit deinterleaver 165.

The bit deinterleaver 165 perform the bit deinterleave on the data supplied from the demapper 164, and supplies (the likelihood of) the LDPC code serving as the data that has undergone the bit deinterleave to an LDPC decoder 166.

The LDPC decoder 166 performs LDPC decoding of the LDPC code supplied from the bit deinterleaver 165 and supplies LDPC target data (in this case, a BCH code) obtained as a result to a BCH decoder 167.

The BCH decoder 167 performs BCH decoding of the LDPC target data supplied from the LDPC decoder 155 and supplies data obtained as a result to a BB descrambler 168.

The BB descrambler 168 executes BE descramble with respect to the data supplied from the BCH decoder 167 and supplies data obtained as a result to a null deletion unit 169.

The null deletion unit 169 deletes null inserted by the padder 112 of FIG. 8, from the data supplied from the BB descrambler 168, and supplies the data to a demultiplexer 170.

The demultiplexer 170 individually separates one or more streams (target data) multiplexed with the data supplied from the null deletion unit 169, and performs necessary processing to output the streams as output streams.

Here, the receiving device 12 can be configured without including part of the blocks illustrated in FIG. 142. That is, for example, in a case where the transmitting device 11 (FIG. 8) is configured without including the time interleaver 118, the SISO/MISO encoder 119, the frequency interleaver 120 and the frequency interleaver 124, the receiving device 12 can be configured without including the time deinterleaver 163, the SISO/MISO decoder 162, the frequency deinterleaver 161 and the frequency deinterleaver 153 which are blocks respectively corresponding to the time interleaver 118, the SISO/MISO encoder 119, the frequency interleaver 120 and the frequency interleaver 124 of the transmitting device 11.

<Configuration Example of Bit Deinterleaver 165>

FIG. 143 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the bit deinterleaver 165 of FIG. 142.

The bit deinterleaver 165 is configured with a block deinterleaver 54 and a group-wise deinterleaver 55, and performs the (bit) deinterleave of the symbol bits of the symbol serving as the data supplied from the demapper 164 (FIG. 142).

In other words, the block deinterleaver 54 performs the block deinterleave (the inverse process of the block interleave) corresponding to the block interleave performed by the block interleaver 25 of FIG. 9, that is, the block deinterleave of restoring the positions of (the likelihood of) of the code bits of the LDPC code rearranged by the block interleave to the original positions on the symbol bits of the symbol supplied from the demapper 164, and supplies the LDPC code obtained as a result to the group-wise deinterleaver 55.

The group-wise deinterleaver 55 performs the group-wise deinterleave (the inverse process of the group-wise interleave) corresponding to the group-wise interleave performed by the group-wise interleaver 24 of FIG. 9, that is, the group-wise deinterleave of restoring the original sequence by rearranging the code bits of the LDPC code whose sequence has been changed in units of bit groups by the group-wise interleave described above, for example, with reference to FIG. 97 in units of bit groups on the LDPC code supplied from the block deinterleaver 54.

Here, when the LDPC code supplied from the demapper 164 to the bit deinterleaver 165 has undergone the parity interleave, the group-wise interleave, and the block interleave, the bit deinterleaver 165 can perform all of the parity deinterleave (the inverse process of the parity interleave, that is, the parity deinterleave of restoring the code bits of the LDPC code whose sequence has been changed by the parity interleave to the original sequence) corresponding to the parity interleave, the block de interleave corresponding to the block interleave, and the group-wise deinterleave corresponding to the group-wise interleave.

However, the bit deinterleaver 165 of FIG. 143 is provided with the block deinterleaver 54 that performs the block deinterleave corresponding to the block interleave and the group-wise deinterleaver 55 that performs the group-wise deinterleave corresponding to the group-wise interleave, but no block that performs the parity deinterleave corresponding to the parity interleave is provided, and thus the parity deinterleave is not performed.

Thus, the LDPC code that has undergone the block deinterleave and group-wise deinterleave but has not undergone the parity deinterleave is supplied from (the group-wise deinterleaver 55 of) the bit deinterleaver 165 to the LDPC decoder 166.

The LDPC decoder 166 performs LDPC decoding of the LDPC code supplied from the bit deinterleaver 165 using the transformed parity check matrix obtained by performing at least the column permutation corresponding to the parity interleave on the parity check matrix H of the DVB scheme used for the LDPC encoding by the LDPC encoder 115 of FIG. 8 (or the transformed parity check matrix (FIG. 29) obtained by performing the row permutation on the parity check matrix of the ETRI scheme (FIG. 27)), and outputs data obtained as a result as a decoding result of LDPC target data.

FIG. 144 is a flowchart illustrating a process performed by the demapper 164, the bit deinterleaver 165, and the LDPC decoder 166 of FIG. 143.

In step S11, the demapper 164 performs demapping and orthogonal demodulation on the data (the data on the constellation mapped to the signal points) supplied from the time deinterleaver 163, and supplies the resulting data to the bit deinterleaver 165, and the process proceeds to step S112.

In step S112, the bit deinterleaver 165 performs the deinterleave (the bit deinterleave) on the data supplied from the demapper 164, and the process proceeds to step S113.

In other words, in step S112, in the bit deinterleaver 165, the block deinterleaver 54 performs the block deinterleave on the data (symbol) supplied from the demapper 164, and supplies the code bits of the LDPC code obtained as a result to the group-wise deinterleaver 55.

The group-wise deinterleaver 55 performs the group-wise deinterleave on the LDPC code supplied from the block deinterleaver 54, and supplies (the likelihood of) the LDPC code obtained as a result to the LDPC decoder 166.

In step S113, the LDPC decoder 166 performs LDPC decoding of the LDPC code supplied from the group-wise deinterleaver 55 using the parity check matrix H used for the LDPC encoding by the LDPC encoder 115 of FIG. 8, that is, using the transformed parity check matrix obtained from the parity check matrix H, for example, and outputs data obtained as a result to the BCH decoder 167 as a decoding result of the LDPC target data.

In FIG. 143, similarly to the example of FIG. 9, for the sake of convenience of description, the block deinterleaver 54 that performs the block deinterleave and the group-wise deinterleaver 55 that performs the group-wise deinterleave are configured individually, but the block deinterleaver 54 and the group-wise deinterleaver 55 may be configured integrally.

<LDPC Decoding>

The LDPC decoding performed by the LDPC decoder 166 of FIG. 142 will be described.

As described above, the LDPC decoder 166 of FIG. 142 performs the LDPC decoding of the LDPC code that is supplied from the group-wise deinterleaver 55 and has undergone the block deinterleave and the group-wise deinterleave but has not undergone the parity deinterleave using the transformed parity check matrix obtained by performing at least the column permutation corresponding to the parity interleave on the parity check matrix H of the DVB scheme used for the LDPC encoding by the LDPC encoder 115 of FIG. 8 (or the transformed parity check matrix (FIG. 29) obtained by performing the row permutation on the parity check matrix of the ETRI scheme (FIG. 27)).

In this case, LDPC decoding that can suppress an operation frequency at a sufficiently realizable range while suppressing a circuit scale, by performing the LDPC decoding using the transformed parity check matrix, is previously suggested (for example, refer to JP 4224777 B).

Therefore, first, the previously suggested LDPC decoding using the transformed parity check matrix will be described with reference to FIGS. 145 to 148.

FIG. 145 illustrates an example of a parity check matrix H of an LDPC code in which a code length N is 90 and an encoding rate is 2/3.

In FIG. 145 (and FIGS. 146 and 147 to be described later), 0 is represented by a period (.).

In the parity check matrix H of FIG. 145, the parity matrix becomes a staircase structure.

FIG. 146 illustrates a parity check matrix H′ that is obtained by executing row replacement of an expression (11) and column replacement of an expression (12) with respect to the parity check matrix H of FIG. 145.

Row Replacement: (6s+t+1)-th row→+(5t+s+1)-th row  (11)

Column Replacement: (6x+y+61)-th column→(5y+x+61)-th column  (12)

In the expressions (11) and (12), s, t, x, and y are integers in ranges of 0≤s<5, 0≤t<6, 0≤x<5, and 0≤t<6, respectively.

According to the row replacement of the expression (11), replacement is performed such that the 1st, 7th, 13rd, 19th, and 25th rows having remainders of 1 when being divided by 6 are replaced with the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th rows, and the 2nd, 8th, 14th, 20th, and 26th rows having remainders of 2 when being divided by 6 are replaced with the 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th rows, respectively.

According to the column replacement of the expression (12), replacement is performed such that the 61st, 67th, 73rd, 79th, and 85th columns having remainders of 1 when being divided by 6 are replaced with the 61st, 62nd, 63rd, 64th, and 65th columns, respectively, and the 62nd, 68th, 74th, 80th, and 86th columns having remainders of 2 when being divided by 6 are replaced with the 66th, 67th, 68th, 69th, and 70th columns, respectively, with respect to the 61st and following columns (parity matrix).

In this way, a matrix that is obtained by performing the replacements of the rows and the columns with respect to the parity check matrix H of FIG. 145 is a parity check matrix H′ of FIG. 146.

In this case, even when the row replacement of the parity check matrix H is performed, the arrangement of the code bits of the LDPC code is not influenced.

The column replacement of the expression (12) corresponds to parity interleave to interleave the (K+qx+y+1)-th code bit into the position of the (K+Py+x+1)-th code bit, when the information length K is 60, the unit size P is 5, and the divisor q (=M/P) of the parity length M (in this case, 30) is 6.

Therefore, the parity check matrix H′ in FIG. 146 is a transformed parity check matrix obtained by performing at least column replacement that replaces the (K+qx+y+1)-th column of the parity check matrix H in FIG. 145 (which may be arbitrarily called an original parity check matrix below) with the (K+Py+x+1)-th column.

If the parity check matrix H′ of FIG. 146 is multiplied with a result obtained by performing the same replacement as the expression (12) with respect to the LDPC code of the parity check matrix H of FIG. 145, a zero vector is output. That is, if a row vector obtained by performing the column replacement of the expression (12) with respect to a row vector c as the LDPC code (one code word) of the original parity check matrix H is represented as c′, Hc^(T) becomes the zero vector from the property of the parity check matrix. Therefore, H′ c′^(T) naturally becomes the zero vector.

Thereby, the transformed parity check matrix H′ of FIG. 146 becomes a parity check matrix of an LDPC code c′ that is obtained by performing the column replacement of the expression (12) with respect to the LDPC code c of the original parity check matrix H.

Therefore, the column replacement of the expression (12) is performed with respect to the LDPC code c of the original parity check matrix H, the LDPC code c′ after the column replacement is decoded (LDPC decoding) using the transformed parity check matrix H′ of FIG. 146, reverse replacement of the column replacement of the expression (12) is performed with respect to a decoding result, and the same decoding result as the case in which the LDPC code of the original parity check matrix H is decoded using the parity check matrix H can be obtained.

FIG. 147 illustrates the transformed parity check matrix H′ of FIG. 146 with being spaced in units of 5×5 matrixes.

In FIG. 147, the transformed parity check matrix H′ is represented by a combination of a 5×5 (=p×p) unit matrix that is a unit size P, a matrix (hereinafter, appropriately referred to as a quasi unit matrix) obtained by setting one or more 1 of the unit matrix to zero, a matrix (hereinafter, appropriately referred to as a shifted matrix) obtained by cyclically shifting the unit matrix or the quasi unit matrix, a sum (hereinafter, appropriately referred to as a sum matrix) of two or more matrixes of the unit matrix, the quasi unit matrix, and the shifted matrix, and a 5×5 zero matrix,

The transformed parity check matrix H′ of FIG. 147 can be configured using the 5×5 unit matrix, the quasi unit matrix, the shifted matrix, the sum matrix, and the zero matrix. Therefore, the 5×5 matrixes (the unit matrix, the quasi unit matrix, the shifted matrix, the sum matrix, and the zero matrix) that constitute the transformed parity check matrix H′ are appropriately referred to as constitutive matrixes hereinafter.

When the LDPC code represented by the parity check matrix represented by the P×P constitutive matrixes is decoded, an architecture in which P check node operations and variable node operations are simultaneously performed can be used.

FIG. 148 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a decoding device that performs the decoding,

That is, FIG. 148 illustrates the configuration example of the decoding device that performs decoding of the LDPC code, using the transformed parity check matrix H′ of FIG. 147 obtained by performing at least the column replacement of the expression (12) with respect to the original parity check matrix H of FIG. 145.

The decoding device of FIG. 148 includes a branch data storing memory 300 that includes 6 FIFOs 300 ₁ to 300 ₆, a selector 301 that selects the FIFOs 300 ₁ to 300 ₆, a check node calculating unit 302, two cyclic shift circuits 303 and 308, a branch data storing memory 304 that includes 18 FIFOs 304 ₁ to 304 ₁₈, a selector 305 that selects the FIFOs 304 ₁ to 304 ₁₈, a reception data memory 306 that stores reception data, a variable node calculating unit 307, a decoding word calculating unit 309, a reception data rearranging unit 310, and a decoded data rearranging unit 311.

First, a method of storing data in the branch data storing memories 300 and 304 will be described.

The branch data storing memory 300 includes the 6 FIFOs 300 ₁ to 300 ₆ that correspond to a number obtained by dividing a row number 30 of the transformed parity check matrix H′ of FIG. 147 by a row number 5 of the constitutive matrix (the unit size P). The FIFO 300 _(y) (y=1, 2, . . . , and 6) includes a plurality of steps of storage regions. In the storage region of each step, messages corresponding to five branches to be a row number and a column number of the constitutive matrix (the unit size P) can be simultaneously read or written. The number of steps of the storage regions of the FIFO 300, becomes 9 to be a maximum number of the number (Hamming weight) of 1 of a row direction of the transformed parity check matrix of FIG. 147.

In the FIFO 300 ₁, data (messages v_(i) from variable nodes) corresponding to positions of 1 in the first to fifth rows of the transformed parity check matrix H′ of FIG. 147 is stored in a form filling each row in a transverse direction (a form in which 0 is ignored). That is, if a j-th row and an i-th column are represented as (j, i), data corresponding to positions of 1 of a 5×5 unit matrix of (1, 1) to (5, 5) of the transformed parity check matrix H′ is stored in the storage region of the first step of the FIFO 300 ₁. In the storage region of the second step, data corresponding to positions of 1 of a shifted matrix (shifted matrix obtained by cyclically shifting the 5×5 unit matrix to the right side by 3) of (1, 21) to (5, 25) of the transformed parity check matrix H′ is stored. Similarly to the above case, in the storage regions of the third to eighth steps, data is stored in association with the transformed parity check matrix H′. In the storage region of the ninth step, data corresponding to positions of 1 of a shifted matrix (shifted matrix obtained by replacing 1 of the first row of the 5×5 unit matrix with 0 and cyclically shifting the unit matrix to the left side by 1) of (1, 86) to (5, 90) of the transformed parity check matrix H′ is stored.

In the FIFO 300 ₂, data corresponding to positions of 1 in the sixth to tenth rows of the transformed parity check matrix H′ of FIG. 147 is stored. That is, in the storage region of the first step of the FIFO 300 ₂, data corresponding to positions of 1 of the first shifted matrix constituting a sum matrix (sum matrix to be a sum of the first shifted matrix obtained by cyclically shifting the 5×5 unit matrix to the right side by 1 and the second shifted matrix obtained by cyclically shifting the 5×5 unit matrix to the right side by 2) of (6, 1) to (10, 5) of the transformed parity check matrix H′ is stored. In addition, in the storage region of the second step, data corresponding to positions of 1 of the second shifted matrix constituting the sum matrix of (6, 1) to (10, 5) of the transformed parity check matrix H′ is stored.

That is, with respect to a constitutive matrix of which the weight is two or more, when the constitutive matrix is represented by a sum of multiple parts of a P×P unit matrix of which the weight is 1, a quasi unit matrix in which one or more elements of 1 in the unit matrix become 0, or a shifted matrix obtained by cyclically shifting the unit matrix or the quasi unit matrix, data (messages corresponding to branches belonging to the unit matrix, the quasi unit matrix, or the shifted matrix) corresponding to the positions of 1 in the unit matrix of the weight of 1, the quasi unit matrix, or the shifted matrix is stored at the same address (the same FIFO among the FIFOs 300 ₁ to 300 ₆).

Subsequently, in the storage regions of the third to ninth steps, data is stored in association with the transformed parity check matrix H′, similarly to the above case.

In the FIFOs 300 ₁ to 300 ₆, data is stored in association with the transformed parity check matrix H′, similarly to the above case.

The branch data storing memory 304 includes 18 FIFOs 304 ₁ to 304 ₁₈ that correspond to a number obtained by dividing a column number 90 of the transformed parity check matrix H′ by 5 to be a column number of a constitutive matrix (the unit size P). The FIFO 304 _(x) (x=1, 2, . . . , and 18) includes a plurality of steps of storage regions. In the storage region of each step, messages corresponding to five branches corresponding to a row number and a column number of the constitutive matrix (the unit size P) can be simultaneously read or written.

In the FIFO 304, data (messages u from check nodes) corresponding to positions of 1 in the first to fifth columns of the transformed parity check matrix H′ of FIG. 147 is stored in a form filling each column in a longitudinal direction (a form in which 0 is ignored). That is, data corresponding to positions of 1 of a 5×5 unit matrix of (1, 1) to (5, 5) of the transformed parity check matrix H′ is stored in the storage region of the first step of the FIFO 304 ₁. In the storage region of the second step, data corresponding to positions of 1 of the first shifted matrix constituting a sum matrix (sum matrix to be a sum of the first shifted matrix obtained by cyclically shifting the 5×5 unit matrix to the right side by 1 and the second shifted matrix obtained by cyclically shifting the 5×5 unit matrix to the right side by 2) of (6, 1) to (10, 5) of the transformed parity check matrix H′ is stored. In addition, in the storage region of the third step, data corresponding to positions of 1 of the second shifted matrix constituting the sum matrix of (6, 1) to (10, 5) of the transformed parity check matrix H′ is stored.

That is, with respect to a constitutive matrix of which the weight is two or more, when the constitutive matrix is represented by a sum of multiple parts of a P×P unit matrix of which the weight is 1, a quasi unit matrix in which one or more elements of 1 in the unit matrix become 0, or a shifted matrix obtained by cyclically shifting the unit matrix or the quasi unit matrix, data (messages corresponding to branches belonging to the unit matrix, the quasi unit matrix, or the shifted matrix) corresponding to the positions of 1 in the unit matrix of the weight of 1, the quasi unit matrix, or the shifted matrix is stored at the same address (the same FIFO among the FIFOs 304 ₁ to 304 ₁₈).

Subsequently, in the storage regions of the fourth and fifth steps, data is stored in association with the transformed parity check matrix H′, similarly to the above case. The number of steps of the storage regions of the FIFO 304 ₁ becomes 5 to be a maximum number of the number (Hamming weight) of 1 of a row direction in the first to fifth columns of the transformed parity check matrix H′.

In the FIFOs 304 ₂ and 304 ₃, data is stored in association with the transformed parity check matrix H′, similarly to the above case, and each length (the number of steps) is 5. In the FIFOs 304 ₄ to 304 ₁₂, data is stored in association with the transformed parity check matrix H′, similarly to the above case, and each length is 3. In the FIFOs 304 ₁₃ to 304 ₁₈, data is stored in association with the transformed parity check matrix H′, similarly to the above case, and each length is 2.

Next, an operation of the decoding device of FIG. 148 will be described.

The branch data storing memory 300 includes the 6 FIFOs 300 ₁ to 300 ₆. According to information (matrix data) D312 on which row of the transformed parity check matrix H′ in FIG. 147 five messages D311 supplied from a cyclic shift circuit 308 of a previous step belongs to, the FIFO storing data is selected from the FIFOs 300 ₁ to 300 ₆ and the five messages D311 are collectively stored sequentially in the selected FIFO. When the data is read, the branch data storing memory 300 sequentially reads the five messages D300 ₁ from the FIFO 300 ₁ and supplies the messages to the selector 301 of a next step.

After reading of the messages from the FIFO 300 ₁ ends, the branch data storing memory 300 reads the messages sequentially from the FIFOs 300 ₂ to 300 ₄ and supplies the messages to the selector 301.

The selector 301 selects the five messages from the FIFO from which data is currently read, among the FIFOs 300 to 300 s, according to a select signal D301, and supplies the selected messages as messages D302 to the check node calculating unit 302.

The check node calculating unit 302 includes five check node calculators 302 ₁ to 302 ₅. The check node calculating unit 302 performs a check node operation according to the expression (7), using the messages D302 (D302 ₁ to D302 ₅) (messages v₁ of the expression 7) supplied through the selector 301, and supplies five messages D303 (D303 ₁ to D303 ₅) (messages u, of the expression (7)) obtained as a result of the check node operation to a cyclic shift circuit 303.

The cyclic shift circuit 303 cyclically shifts the five messages D303 ₁ to D303 ₅ calculated by the check node calculating unit 302, on the basis of information (matrix data) D305 on how many the unit matrixes (or the quasi unit matrix) becoming the origin in the transformed parity check matrix H′ are cyclically shifted to obtain the corresponding branches, and supplies a result as messages D304 to the branch data storing memory 304.

The branch data storing memory 304 includes the eighteen FIFOs 304 ₁ to 304 ₁₈. According to information D305 on which row of the transformed parity check matrix H′ five messages D304 supplied from a cyclic shift circuit 303 of a previous step belongs to, the FIFO storing data is selected from the FIFOs 304 ₁ to 304 ₁₈ and the five messages D304 are collectively stored sequentially in the selected FIFO. When the data is read, the branch data storing memory 304 sequentially reads the five messages D306 ₁ from the FIFO 304 ₁ and supplies the messages to the selector 305 of a next step. After reading of the messages from the FIFO 304 ₁ ends, the branch data storing memory 304 reads the messages sequentially from the FIFOs 304 ₂ to 304 ₁₈ and supplies the messages to the selector 305.

The selector 305 selects the five messages from the FIFO from which data is currently read, among the FIFOs 304 ₁ to 304 ₁₈, according to a select signal D307, and supplies the selected messages as messages D308 to the variable node calculating unit 307 and the decoding word calculating unit 309.

Meanwhile, the reception data rearranging unit 310 rearranges the LDPC code D313, that is corresponding to the parity check matrix H in FIG. 145, received through the communication path 13 by performing the column replacement of the expression (12) and supplies the LDPC code as reception data D314 to the reception data memory 306. The reception data memory 306 calculates a reception LLR (Log Likelihood Ratio) from the reception data D314 supplied from the reception data rearranging unit 310, stores the reception LLR, collects five reception LLRs, and supplies the reception LLRs as reception values D309 to the variable node calculating unit 307 and the decoding word calculating unit 309.

The variable node calculating unit 307 includes five variable node calculators 307 ₁ to 307 ₅. The variable node calculating unit 307 performs the variable node operation according to the expression (1), using the messages D308 (D308, to D308 ₅) (messages u_(j) of the expression (1)) supplied through the selector 305 and the five reception values D309 (reception values u_(oi) of the expression (1)) supplied from the reception data memory 306, and supplies messages D310 (D310 ₁ to D310 ₅) (message v_(i) of the expression (1)) obtained as an operation result to the cyclic shift circuit 308.

The cyclic shift circuit 308 cyclically shifts the messages D310 ₁ to D310 ₅ calculated by the variable node calculating unit 307, on the basis of information on how many the unit matrixes (or the quasi unit matrix) becoming the origin in the transformed parity check matrix H′ are cyclically shifted to obtain the corresponding branches, and supplies a result as messages D311 to the branch data storing memory 300.

By circulating the above operation in one cycle, decoding (variable node operation and check node operation) of the LDPC code can be performed once. After decoding the LDPC code by the predetermined number of times, the decoding device of FIG. 148 calculates a final decoding result and outputs the final decoding result, in the decoding word calculating unit 309 and the decoded data rearranging unit 311.

That is, the decoding word calculating unit 309 includes five decoding word calculators 3091 to 309 ₅. The decoding word calculating unit 309 calculates a decoding result (decoding word) on the basis of the expression (5), as a final step of multiple decoding, using the five messages D308 (D308 ₁ to D308 ₅) (messages u_(j) of the expression (5)) output by the selector 305 and the five reception values D309 (reception values u_(oi) of the expression (5)) supplied from the reception data memory 306, and supplies decoded data D315 obtained as a result to the decoded data rearranging unit 311.

The decoded data rearranging unit 311 performs the reverse replacement of the column replacement of the expression (12) with respect to the decoded data D315 supplied from the decoding word calculating unit 309, rearranges the order thereof, and outputs the decoded data as a final decoding result D316.

As mentioned above, by performing one or both of row replacement and column replacement on the parity check matrix (original parity check matrix) and converting it into a parity check matrix (transformed parity check matrix) that can be shown by the combination of a p×p unit matrix, a quasi unit matrix in which one or more elements of 1 thereof become 0, a shifted matrix that cyclically shifts the unit matrix or the quasi unit matrix, a sum matrix that is the sum of two or more of the unit matrix, the quasi unit matrix and the shifted matrix, and a p×p 0 matrix, that is, the combination of constitutive matrixes, as for LDPC code decoding, it becomes possible to adopt architecture that simultaneously performs check node calculation and variable node calculation by P which is the number less than the row number and column number of the parity check matrix. In the case of adopting the architecture that simultaneously performs node calculation (check node calculation and variable node calculation) by P which is the number less than the row number and column number of the parity check matrix, as compared with a case where the node calculation is simultaneously performed by the number equal to the row number and column number of the parity check matrix, it is possible to suppress the operation frequency within a feasible range and perform many items of iterative decoding.

The LDPC decoder 166 that constitutes the receiving device 12 of FIG. 142 performs the LDPC decoding by simultaneously performing P check node operations and variable node operations, similarly to the decoding device of FIG. 148.

That is, for the simplification of explanation, if the parity check matrix of the LDPC code output by the LDPC encoder 115 constituting the transmitting device 11 of FIG. 8 is regarded as the parity check matrix H illustrated in FIG. 145 in which the parity matrix becomes a staircase structure, in the parity interleaver 23 of the transmitting device 11, the parity interleave to interleave the (K+qx+y+1)-th code bit into the position of the (K+Py+x+1)-th code bit is performed in a state in which the information length K is set to 60, the unit size P is set to 5, and the divisor q (=M/P) of the parity length M is set to 6.

Because the parity interleave corresponds to the column replacement of the expression (12) as described above, it is not necessary to perform the column replacement of the expression (12) in the LDPC decoder 166.

For this reason, in the receiving device 12 of FIG. 142, as described above, the LDPC code in which the parity deinterleave is not performed, that is, the LDPC code in a state in which the column replacement of the expression (12) is performed is supplied from the group-wise deinterleaver 55 to the LDPC decoder 166. In the LDPC decoder 166, the same processing as the decoding device of FIG. 148, except that the column replacement of the expression (12) is not performed, is executed.

That is, FIG. 149 illustrates a configuration example of the LDPC decoder 166 of FIG. 142.

In FIG. 149, the LDPC decoder 166 has the same configuration as the decoding device of FIG. 148, except that the reception data rearranging unit 310 of FIG. 148 is not provided, and executes the same processing as the decoding device of FIG. 148, except that the column replacement of the expression (12) is not performed. Therefore, explanation of the LDPC decoder is omitted.

As described above, because the LDPC decoder 166 can be configured without providing the reception data rearranging unit 310, a scale can be decreased as compared with the decoding device of FIG. 148.

In FIGS. 145 to 149, for the simplification of explanation, the code length N of the LDPC code is set to 90, the information length K is set to 60, the unit size (the row number and the column number of the constitutive matrix) P is set to 5, and the divisor q (m M/P) of the parity length M is set to 6. However, the code length N, the information length K, the unit size P, and the divisor q (=M/P) are not limited to the above values.

That is, in the transmitting device 11 of FIG. 8, the LDPC encoder 115 outputs the LDPC code in which the code length N is set to 64800 or 16200, the information length K is set to N−Pq (=N−M), the unit size P is set to 360, and the divisor q is set to M/P. However, the LDPC decoder 166 of FIG. 149 can be applied to the case in which P check node operation and variable node operations are simultaneously performed with respect to the LDPC code and the LDPC decoding is performed.

Further, when the parity portion of the decoding result is unnecessary, and only the information bits of the decoding result are output after the decoding of the LDPC code by the LDPC decoder 166, the LDPC decoder 166 may be configured without the decoded data rearranging unit 311.

<Configuration Example of Block Deinterleaver 54>

FIG. 150 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the block deinterleaver 54 of FIG. 143.

The block deinterleaver 54 has a similar configuration to the block interleaver 25 described above with reference to FIG. 94.

Thus, the block deinterleaver 54 includes the storage region called the part 1 and the storage region called the part 2, and each of the parts 1 and 2 is configured such that a number C of columns equal in number to the number m of bits of the symbol and serving as storage regions that store one bit in the row (horizontal) direction and store a predetermined number of bits in the column (vertical) direction are arranged.

The block deinterleaver 54 performs the block deinterleave by writing the LDPC code in the parts 1 and 2 and reading the LDPC code from the parts 1 and 2.

However, in the block deinterleave, the writing of the LDPC code (serving as the symbol) is performed in the order in which the LDPC code is read by the block interleaver 25 of FIG. 94.

Further, in the block deinterleave, the reading of the LDPC code is performed in the order in which the LDPC code is written by the block interleaver 25 of FIG. 94.

In other words, in the block interleave performed by the block interleaver 25 of FIG. 94, the LDPC code is written in the parts 1 and 2 in the column direction and read from the parts 1 and 2 in the row direction, but in the block deinterleave performed by the block deinterleaver 54 of FIG. 150, the LDPC code is written in the parts 1 and 2 in the row direction and read from the parts 1 and 2 in the column direct ion.

<Other Configuration Example of Bit Deinterleaver 165>

FIG. 151 is a block diagram illustrating another configuration example of the bit deinterleaver 165 of FIG. 142.

In the drawings, portions that correspond to the case of FIG. 143 are denoted with the same reference numerals and explanation thereof is appropriately omitted hereinafter.

That is, the bit deinterleaver 165 of FIG. 151 has the same configuration as the case of FIG. 143, except that a parity deinterleaver 1011 is newly provided.

Referring to FIG. 151, the bit deinterleaver 165 is configured with a block deinterleaver 54, a group-wise deinterleaver 55, and a parity deinterleaver 1011, and performs the bit deinterleave on the code bits of the LDPC code supplied from the demapper 164.

In other words, the block deinterleaver 54 performs the block deinterleave (the inverse process of the block interleave) corresponding to the block interleave performed by the block interleaver 25 of the transmitting device 11, that is, the block deinterleave of restoring the positions of the code bits rearranged by the block interleave to the original positions on the LDPC code supplied from the demapper 164, and supplies the LDPC code obtained as a result to the group-wise deinterleaver 55.

The group-wise deinterleaver 55 performs the group-wise deinterleave corresponding to the group-wise interleave serving as the rearrangement process performed by the group-wise interleaver 24 of the transmitting device 11 on the LDPC code supplied from the block deinterleaver 54.

The LDPC code that is obtained as a result of the group-wise deinterleave is supplied from the group-wise deinterleaver 55 to the parity deinterleaver 1011.

The parity deinterleaver 1011 performs the parity deinterleave (reverse processing of the parity interleave) corresponding to the parity interleave performed by the parity interleaver 23 of the transmitting device 11, that is, the parity deinterleave to return the arrangement of the code bits of the LDPC code of which an arrangement is changed by the parity interleave to the original arrangement, with respect to the code bits after the group-wise deinterleave in the group-wise deinterleaver 55.

The LDPC code that is obtained as a result of the parity deinterleave is supplied from the parity deinterleaver 1011 to the LDPC decoder 166.

Therefore, in the bit deinterleaver 165 of FIG. 151, the LDPC code in which the block deinterleave, the group-wise deinterleave, and the parity deinterleave are performed, that is, the LDPC code that is obtained by the LDPC encoding according to the parity check matrix H is supplied to the LDPC decoder 166.

The LDPC decoder 166 performs the LDPC decoding of the LDPC code supplied from the bit deinterleaver 165 using the parity check matrix H used for the LDPC encoding by the LDPC encoder 115 of the transmitting device 11. In other words, the LDPC decoder 166 performs the LDPC decoding of the LDPC code supplied from the bit deinterleaver 165 using the parity check matrix H (of the DVB scheme) used for the LDPC encoding by the LDPC encoder 115 of the transmitting device 11 or the transformed parity check matrix obtained by performing at least the column permutation corresponding to the parity interleave on the parity check matrix H (for the ETRI scheme, the parity check matrix (FIG. 28) obtained by performing the column permutation on the parity check matrix (FIG. 27) used for the LDPC encoding or the transformed parity check matrix (FIG. 29) obtained by performing the row permutation on the parity check matrix (FIG. 27) used for the LDPC encoding).

In FIG. 151, the LDPC code that is obtained by the LDPC encoding according to the parity check matrix H is supplied from (the parity deinterleaver 1011 of) the bit deinterleaver 165 to the LDPC decoder 166. For this reason, when the LDPC decoding of the LDPC code is performed using the parity check matrix H (of the DVB method) itself used by the LDPC encoder 115 of the transmitting device 11 to perform the LDPC encoding (for the ETRI scheme, the parity check matrix (FIG. 28) obtained by performing the column permutation on the parity check matrix (FIG. 27) used for the LDPC encoding), the LDPC decoder 166 can be configured by a decoding device performing the LDPC decoding according to a full serial decoding method to sequentially perform operations of messages (a check node message and a variable node message) for each node or a decoding device performing the LDPC decoding according to a full parallel decoding method to simultaneously (in parallel) perform operations of messages for all nodes.

In the LDPC decoder 166, when the LDPC decoding of the LDPC code is performed using the transformed parity check matrix obtained by performing at least the column replacement corresponding to the parity interleave with respect to the parity check matrix H (of the DVB method) used by the LDPC encoder 115 of the transmitting device 11 to perform the LDPC encoding (for the BTRI scheme, the transformed parity check matrix (FIG. 29) obtained by performing the row permutation on the parity check matrix (FIG. 27) used for the LDPC encoding), the LDPC decoder 166 can be configured by a decoding device (FIG. 148) that is a decoding device of an architecture simultaneously performing P (or divisor of P other than 1) check node operations and variable node operations and has the reception data rearranging unit 310 to perform the same column replacement as the column replacement (parity interleave) to obtain the transformed parity check matrix with respect to the LDPC code and rearrange the code bits of the LDPC code.

In FIG. 151, for the sake of convenience of description, the block deinterleaver 54 that performs the block deinterleave, the group-wise deinterleaver 55 that performs the group-wise deinterleave, and the parity deinterleaver 1011 that performs the parity deinterleave are configured individually, but two or more of the block deinterleaver 54, the group-wise deinterleaver 55, and the parity deinterleaver 1011 may be configured integrally, similarly to the parity interleaver 23, the group-wise interleaver 24, and the block interleaver 25 of the transmitting device 11.

<Configuration Example of Reception Systems>

FIG. 152 is a block diagram illustrating a first configuration example of a reception system that can be applied to the receiving device 12.

In FIG. 152, the reception system includes an acquiring unit 1101, a transmission path decoding processing unit 1102, and an information source decoding processing unit 1103.

The acquiring unit 1101 acquires a signal including an LDPC code obtained by performing at least LDPC encoding with respect to LDPC target data such as image data or sound data of a program, through a transmission path (communication path) not illustrated in the drawings, such as terrestrial digital broadcasting, satellite digital broadcasting, a CATV network, the Internet, or other networks, and supplies the signal to the transmission path decoding processing unit 1102.

In this case, when the signal acquired by the acquiring unit 1101 is broadcast from a broadcasting station through a ground wave, a satellite wave, or a Cable Television (CATV) network, the acquiring unit 1101 is configured using a tuner and a Set Top Box (STB). When the signal acquired by the acquiring unit 1101 is transmitted from a web server by multicasting like an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV), the acquiring unit 1101 is configured using a network interface (I/F) such as a Network Interface Card (NIC).

The transmission path decoding processing unit 1102 corresponds to the receiving device 12. The transmission path decoding processing unit 1102 executes transmission path decoding processing including at least processing for correcting error generated in a transmission path, with respect to the signal acquired by the acquiring unit 1101 through the transmission path, and supplies a signal obtained as a result to the information source decoding processing unit 1103.

That is, the signal that is acquired by the acquiring unit 1101 through the transmission path is a signal that is obtained by performing at least error correction encoding to correct the error generated in the transmission path. The transmission path decoding processing unit 1102 executes transmission path decoding processing such as error correction processing, with respect to the signal,

As the error correction encoding, for example, LDPC encoding or BCH encoding exists. In this case, as the error correction encoding, at least the LDPC encoding is performed.

The transmission path decoding processing includes demodulation of a modulation signal.

The information source decoding processing unit 1103 executes information source decoding processing including at least processing for extending compressed information to original information, with respect to the signal on which the transmission path decoding processing is executed.

That is, compression encoding that compresses information may be performed with respect to the signal acquired by the acquiring unit 1101 through the transmission path to decrease a data amount of an image or a sound corresponding to information. In this case, the information source decoding processing unit 1103 executes the information source decoding processing such as the processing (extension processing) for extending the compressed information to the original information, with respect to the signal on which the transmission path decoding processing is executed.

When the compression encoding is not performed with respect to the signal acquired by the acquiring unit 1101 through the transmission path, the processing for extending the compressed information to the original information is not executed in the information source decoding processing unit 1103.

In this case, as the extension processing, for example, MPEG decoding exists. In the transmission path decoding processing, in addition to the extension processing, descramble may be included.

In the reception system that is configured as described above, in the acquiring unit 1101, a signal in which the compression encoding such as the MPEG encoding and the error correction encoding such as the LDPC encoding are performed with respect to data such as an image or a sound is acquired through the transmission path and is supplied to the transmission path decoding processing unit 1102.

In the transmission path decoding processing unit 1102, the same processing as the receiving device 12 executes as the transmission path decoding processing with respect to the signal supplied from the acquiring unit 1101 and a signal obtained as a result is supplied to the information source decoding processing unit 1103.

In the information source decoding processing unit 1103, the information source decoding processing such as the MPEG decoding is executed with respect to the signal supplied from the transmission path decoding processing unit 1102 and an image or a sound obtained as a result is output.

The reception system of FIG. 152 described above can be applied to a television tuner to receive television broadcasting corresponding to digital broadcasting.

Each of the acquiring unit 1101, the transmission path decoding processing unit 1102, and the information source decoding processing unit 1103 can be configured as one independent device (hardware (Integrated Circuit (IC) and the like) or software module).

With respect to the acquiring unit 1101, the transmission path decoding processing unit 1102, and the information source decoding processing unit 1103, each of a set of the acquiring unit 1101 and the transmission path decoding processing unit 1102, a set of the transmission path decoding processing unit 1102 and the information source decoding processing unit 1103, and a set of the acquiring unit 1101, the transmission path decoding processing unit 1102, and the information source decoding processing unit 1103 can be configured as one independent device.

FIG. 153 is a block diagram illustrating a second configuration example of the reception system that can be applied to the receiving device 12.

In the drawings, portions that correspond to the case of FIG. 152 are denoted with the same reference numerals and explanation thereof is appropriately omitted hereinafter.

The reception system of FIG. 153 is common to the case of FIG. 152 in that the acquiring unit 1101, the transmission path decoding processing unit 1102, and the information source decoding processing unit 1103 are provided and is different from the case of FIG. 152 in that an output unit 1111 is newly provided.

The output unit 1111 is a display device to display an image or a speaker to output a sound and outputs an image or a sound corresponding to a signal output from the information source decoding processing unit 1103. That is, the output unit 1111 displays the image or outputs the sound,

The reception system of FIG. 153 described above can be applied to a TV (television receiver) receiving television broadcasting corresponding to digital broadcasting or a radio receiver receiving radio broadcasting.

When the compression encoding is not performed with respect to the signal acquired in the acquiring unit 1101, the signal that is output by the transmission path decoding processing unit 1102 is supplied to the output unit 1111.

FIG. 154 is a block diagram illustrating a third configuration example of the reception system that can be applied to the receiving device 12.

In the drawings, portions that correspond to the case of FIG. 152 are denoted with the same reference numerals and explanation thereof is appropriately omitted hereinafter.

The reception system of FIG. 154 is common to the case of FIG. 152 in that the acquiring unit 1101 and the transmission path decoding processing unit 1102 are provided.

However, the reception system of FIG. 154 is different from the case of FIG. 152 in that the information source decoding processing unit 1103 is not provided and a recording unit 1121 is newly provided.

The recording unit 1121 records (stores) a signal (for example, TS packets of TS of MPEG) output by the transmission path decoding processing unit 1102 on recording (storage) media such as an optical disk, a hard disk (magnetic disk), and a flash memory.

The reception system of FIG. 154 described above can be applied to a recorder that records television broadcasting.

In FIG. 154, the reception system is configured by providing the information source decoding processing unit 1103 and can record the signal obtained by executing the information source decoding processing by the information source decoding processing unit 1103, that is, the image or the sound obtained by decoding, by the recording unit 1121.

<One Embodiment of Computer>

Next, the series of processing described above can be executed by hardware or can be executed by software. In the case in which the series of processing is executed by the software, a program configuring the software is installed in a general-purpose computer.

Therefore, FIG. 155 illustrates a configuration example of an embodiment of the computer in which a program executing the series of processing is installed.

The program can be previously recorded on a hard disk 705 and a ROM 703 corresponding to recording media embedded in the computer.

Alternatively, the program can be temporarily or permanently stored (recorded) on a removable recording medium 711 such as a flexible disk, a Compact Disc Read Only Memory (CD-ROM), a Magneto Optical (MO) disk, a Digital Versatile Disc (DVD), a magnetic disk, and a semiconductor memory. The removable recording medium 711 can be provided as so-called package software.

The program is installed from the removable recording medium 711 to the computer. In addition, the program can be transmitted from a download site to the computer by wireless through an artificial satellite for digital satellite broadcasting or can be transmitted to the computer by wire through a network such as a Local Area Network (LAN) or the Internet. The computer can receive the program transmitted as described above by a communication unit 708 and install the program in the embedded hard disk 705.

The computer includes a Central Processing Unit (CPU) 702 embedded therein. An input/output interface 710 is connected to the CPU 702 through a bus 701. If a user operates an input unit 707 configured using a keyboard, a mouse, and a microphone and a command is input through the input/output interface 710, the CPU 702 executes the program stored in the Read Only Memory (ROM) 703, according to the command.

Alternatively, the CPU 702 loads the program stored in the hard disk 705, the program transmitted from a satellite or a network, received by the communication unit 708, and installed in the hard disk 705, or the program read from the removable recording medium 711 mounted to a drive 709 and installed in the hard disk 705 to the Random Access Memory (RAM) 704 and executes the program. Thereby, the CPU 702 executes the processing according to the flowcharts described above or the processing executed by the configurations of the block diagrams described above. In addition, the CPU 702 outputs the processing result from the output unit 706 configured using a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) or a speaker, transmits the processing result from the communication unit 708, and records the processing result on the hard disk 705, through the input/output interface 710, according to necessity.

In the present specification, it is not necessary to process the processing steps describing the program for causing the computer to execute the various processing in time series according to the order described as the flowcharts and processing executed in parallel or individually (for example, parallel processing or processing using an object) is also included.

The program may be processed by one computer or may be processed by a plurality of computers in a distributed manner. The program may be transmitted to a remote computer and may be executed.

An embodiment of the present technology is not limited to the embodiments described above, and various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the present technology.

That is, for example, (the parity check matrix initial value table of) the above-described new LDPC code can be used even if the communication path 13 (FIG. 7) is any of a satellite circuit, a ground wave, a cable (wire circuit) and others.

In addition, the new LDPC code can also be used for data transmission other than digital broadcasting.

The GW patterns can be applied to a code other than the new LDPC code. Further, the modulation scheme to which the GW patterns are applied is not limited to 16QAM, 64QAM, 256QAM, and 1024QAM.

The effects described in this specification are merely examples and not limited, and any other effect may be obtained.

REFERENCE SIGNS LIST

-   11 Transmitting device -   12 Receiving device -   23 Parity interleaver -   24 Group-wise interleaver -   Block interleaver -   54 Block deinterleaver -   55 Group-wise deinterleaver -   111 Mode adaptation/multiplexer -   112 Padder -   113 BB scrambler -   114 BCH encoder -   115 LDPC encoder -   116 Bit interleaver -   117 Mapper -   118 Time interleaver -   119 SISO/MISO encoder -   120 Frequency interleaver -   121 BCH encoder -   122 LDPC encoder -   123 Mapper -   124 Frequency interleaver -   131 Frame builder/resource allocation unit -   132 OFDM generating unit -   151 OFDM operating unit -   152 Frame managing unit -   153 Frequency deinterleaver -   154 Demapper -   155 LDPC decoder -   156 BCH decoder -   161 Frequency deinterleaver -   162 SISO/MISO decoder -   163 Time deinterleaver -   164 Demapper -   165 Bit deinterleaver -   166 LDPC decoder -   167 BCH decoder -   168 BB descrambler -   169 Null deletion unit. -   170 Demultiplexer -   300 Branch data storing memory -   301 Selector -   302 Check node calculating unit -   303 Cyclic shift circuit -   304 Branch data storing memory -   305 Selector -   306 Reception data memory -   307 Variable node calculating unit -   308 Cyclic shift circuit -   309 Decoding word calculating unit -   310 Reception data rearranging unit -   311 Decoded data rearranging unit -   601 Encoding processing unit -   602 Storage unit -   611 Encoding rate setting unit -   612 Initial value table reading unit. -   613 Parity check matrix generating unit -   614 Information bit reading unit -   615 Encoding parity operation unit -   616 Control unit -   701 Bus -   702 CPU -   703 ROM -   704 RAM -   705 Hard disk -   706 Output unit -   707 Input unit -   708 Communication unit -   709 Drive -   710 Input/output interface -   711 Removable recording medium -   1001 Reverse interchanging unit -   1002 Memory -   1011 Parity deinterleaver -   1101 Acquiring unit -   1101 Transmission path decoding processing unit -   1103 Information source decoding processing unit -   1111 Output unit -   1121 Recording unit 

1. A receiving device for receiving digital television signals, the receiving device comprising: a receiver configured to receive encoded data, each 8 bits of which mapped to one of 256 signal points of a modulation method; and processing circuitry configured to process the encoded data to produce a group-wise interleaved low density parity check (LDPC) codeword; process the group-wise interleaved LDPC codeword in a unit of a bit group of 360 bits to produce an LDPC codeword of an LDPC code; wherein an (i+1)-th bit group from a head of the LDPC codeword of the LDPC code is indicated by a bit group i, the LDPC codeword of the LDPC codeword has a sequence of bit groups 0 to 179, and the group-wise interleaved LDPC codeword has a following sequence of bit groups, 58, 70, 23, 32, 26, 63, 55, 48, 35, 41, 53, 20, 38, 51, 61, 65, 44, 29, 7, 2, 0.113, 68, 96, 104, 106, 89, 27, 0, 119, 21, 4, 49, 46, 100, 13, 36, 57, 98, 102, 9, 42, 39, 33, 62, 22, 95, 101, 15, 91, 25, 93, 132, 69, 87, 47, 59, 67, 124, 17, 11, 31, 43, 40, 37, 85, 50, 97, 140, 45, 92, 56, 30, 34, 60, 107, 24, 52, 94, 64, 5, 71, 90, 66, 103, 88, 86, 84, 19, 169, 159, 147, 126, 28, 130, 14, 162, 144, 166, 108, 153, 115, 135, 120, 122, 112, 139, 151, 156, 16, 172, 164, 123, 99, 54, 136, 81, 105, 128, 116, 150, 155, 76, 18, 142, 170, 175, 83, 146, 78, 109, 73, 131, 127, 82, 167, 77, 110, 79, 137, 152, 3, 173, 148, 72, 158, 117, 1, 6, 12, 8, 161, 74, 143, 133, 168, 171, 134, 163, 138, 121, 141, 160, 111, 10, 149, 80, 75, 165, 157, 174, 129, 145, 114, 125, 154, 118, 176, 177, 178, and 179; decode the LDPC codeword of the LDPC code to produce decoded data; and process the decoded data for presentation; wherein the LDPC code has a length N of 64800 bits and a coding rate r of 9/15 and corresponds to a parity check matrix initial value table including the following, 113 1557 3316 5680 6241 10407 13404 13947 14040 14353 15522 15698 16079 17363 19374 19543 20530 22833 24339 271 1361 6236 7006 7307 7333 12768 15441 15568 17923 18341 20321 21502 22023 23938 25351 25590 25876 25910 73 605 872 4008 6279 7653 10346 10799 12482 12935 13604 15909 16526 19782 20506 22804 23629 24859 25600 1445 1690 4304 4851 8919 9176 9252 13783 16076 16675 17274 18806 18882 20819 21958 22451 23869 23999 24177 1290 2337 5661 6371 8996 10102 10941 11360 12242 14918 16808 20571 23374 24046 25045 25060 25662 25783 25913 28 42 1926 3421 3503 8558 9453 10168 15820 17473 19571 19685 22790 23336 23367 23890 24061 25657 25680 0 1709 4041 4932 5968 7123 8430 9564 10596 11026 14761 19484 20762 20858 23803 24016 24795 25853 25863 29 1625 6500 6609 16831 18517 18568 18738 19387 20159 20544 21603 21941 24137 24269 24416 24803 25154 25395 55 66 871 3700 11426 13221 15001 16367 17601 18380 22796 23488 23938 25476 25635 25678 25807 25857 25872 1 19 5958 8548 8860 11489 16845 18450 18469 19496 20190 23173 25262 25566 25668 25679 25858 25888 25915 7520 7690 8855 9183 14654 16695 17121 17854 18083 18428 19633 20470 20736 21720 22335 23273 25083 25293 25403 48 58 410 1299 3786 10668 18523 18963 20864 22106 22308 23033 23107 23128 23990 24286 24409 24595 25802 12 51 3894 6539 8276 10885 11644 12777 13427 14039 15954 17078 19053 20537 22863 24521 25087 25463 25838 3509 8748 9581 11509 15884 16230 17583 19264 20900 21001 21310 22547 22756 22959 24768 24814 25594 25626 25880 21 29 69 1448 2386 4601 6626 6667 10242 13141 13852 14137 18640 19951 22449 23454 24431 25512 25814 18 53 7890 9934 10063 16728 19040 19809 20825 21522 21800 23582 24556 25031 25547 25562 25733 25789 25906 4096 4582 5766 5094 6517 10027 12182 13247 15207 17041 18958 20133 20503 22228 24332 24613 25689 25855 25883 0 25 819 5539 7076 7536 7695 9532 13668 15051 17683 19665 20253 21996 24136 24890 25758 25784 25807 34 40 44 4215 6076 7427 7965 8777 11017 15593 19542 22202 22973 23397 23423 24418 24873 25107 25644 1595 6216 22850 25439 1562 15172 19517 22362 7508 12879 24324 24496 6298 15819 16757 18721 11173 15175 19966 21195 59 13505 16941 23793 2267 4830 12023 20587 8827 9278 13072 16664 14419 17463 23398 25348 6112 16534 20423 22698 493 8914 21.103 24799 6896 12761 13206 25873 2 1380 12322 21701 11600 21306 25753 25790 8421 13076 1.4271 15401 9630 14112 19017 20955 212 13932 21781 25824 5961 9110 16654 19636 58 5434 9936 12770 6575 11433 19798 2731 7338 20926 14253 18463 25404 21791 24805 25869 2 11646 15850 6075 8586 23819 18435 22093 24852 2103 2368 11704 10925 17402 18232 9062 25061 25674 18497 20853 23404 18606 19364 19551 7 1022 25543 6744 15481 25868 9081 17305 25164 8 23701 25883 9680 19955 22848 56 4564 19121 5595 15086 25892 3174 17127 23183 19397 19817 20275 12561 24571 25825 7111 9889 25865 19104 20189 21851 549 9686 25548 6586 20325 25906 3224 20710 21637 641 15215 25754 13484 23729 25818 2043 7493 24246 16860 25230 25768 22047 24200 24902 9391 18040 19499 7855 24336 25069 23834 25570 25852 1977 8800 25756 6671 21772 25859 3279 6710 24444 24099 25117 25820 5553 12306 25915 48 11107 23907 10832 11974 25773 2223 17905 25484 16782 17135 20446 475 2861 3457 16218 22449 24362 11716 22200 25897 8315 15009 22633 13 20480 25852 12352 18658 25687 3681 14794 23703 30 24531 25846 4103 22077 24107 23837 25622 25812 3627 13387 25839 908 5367 19388 0 6894 25795 20322 23546 25181 8178 25260 25437 2449 13244 22565 31 18928 22741 1312 5134 14838 6085 13937 24220 66 14633 25670 47 22512 25472 8867 24704 25279 6742 21623 22745 147 9948 24178 8522 24261 24307 19202 22406
 24609. 2. The receiving device according to claim 1, wherein the LDPC code uses a parity check matrix, which includes an information matrix part and a parity matrix part.
 3. The receiving device according to claim 2, wherein the LDPC codeword includes information bite and parity bits; and the information matrix part corresponds to the information bits and the parity matrix part corresponds to the parity bits.
 4. The receiving device according to claim 3, wherein the parity matrix part is a lower bidiagonal matrix, in which elements of “1” are arranged in a step-wise fashion.
 5. The receiving device according to claim 3, wherein the information matrix part is represented by the parity check matrix initial value table, and the parity check matrix initial value table is a table showing in an i-th row, i>0, positions of elements “1” in (1+360×(i−1))-th column of the information matrix part.
 6. The receiving device according to claim 5, wherein if a length of the parity bit of the LDPC codeword is represented by M, the z+360×(i−1)-th column of the parity cheek matrix, z>1, is obtained by the cyclic shift of the (z−1)+360×(i−1)-th column of the parity check matrix indicating a position of an element “1” in the parity check matrix initial value table downward by q=M/360.
 7. The receiving device according to claim 6, wherein as for each column from the 2+360×(i−1)-th column to a 360×i-th column being the column other than the 1+360×(i−1)-th column of the parity check matrix, if an i-th row j-th column value of the parity check matrix initial value table is represented as hi, j and the row number of a j-th element “1” of a w-th column of the parity check matrix is represented as Hw-j, a row number Hw-j of the j-th element “1” of the w-th column being the column other than the 1+360×(i−1)-th column of the parity check matrix is represented by the equation Hw-j=mod (hi,j+mod ((w−1), 360)×M/360, M).
 8. The receiving device according to claim 2, wherein the parity check matrix has no cycle-4.
 9. The receiving device according to claim 1, wherein the input is a tuner.
 10. The receiving device according to claim 1, wherein the modulation scheme employs non-uniform constellations (NUCs).
 11. A method performed by a receiving device receiving digital television signals, the method comprising: receiving encoded data, each 8 bits of which mapped to one of 256 signal points of a modulation method; processing the encoded data to produce a group-wise interleaved low density parity check (LDPC) codeword; processing the group-wise interleaved LDPC codeword in a unit of a bit group of 360 bits to produce an LDPC codeword of an LDPC code; wherein an (i+1)-th bit group from a head of the LDPC codeword of the LDPC code is indicated by a bit group i, the LDPC codeword of the LDPC code has a sequence of bit groups 0 to 179, and the group-wise interleaved LDPC codeword has a following sequence of bit groups, 58, 70, 23, 32, 26, 63, 55, 48, 35, 41, 53, 20, 38, 51, 61, 65, 44, 29, 7, 2, 113, 68, 96, 104, 106, 89, 27, 0, 119, 21, 4, 49, 46, 100, 13, 36, 57, 98, 102, 9, 42, 39, 33, 62, 22, 95, 101, 15, 91, 25, 93, 132, 69, 87, 47, 59, 67, 124, 17, 11, 31, 43, 40, 37, 85, 50, 97, 140, 45, 92, 56, 30, 34, 60, 107, 24, 52, 94, 64, 5, 71, 90, 66, 103, 88, 86, 84, 19, 169, 159, 147, 126, 28, 130, 14, 162, 144, 166, 108, 153, 115, 135, 120, 122, 112, 139, 151, 156, 16, 172, 164, 123, 99, 54, 136, 81, 105, 128, 116, 150, 155, 76, 18, 142, 170, 175, 83, 146, 78, 109, 73, 131, 127, 82, 167, 77, 110, 79, 137, 152, 3, 173, 148, 72, 158, 11.7, 1, 6, 12, 8, 161, 74, 143, 133, 168, 171, 134, 163, 138, 121, 141, 160, 111, 10, 149, 80, 75, 165, 157, 174, 129, 145, 114, 125, 154, 118, 176, 177, 178, and 179; decoding the LDPC codeword of the LDPC code to produce decoded data; and processing the decoded data for presentation; wherein the LDPC code has a length N of 64800 bits and a coding rate r of 9/15 and corresponds to a parity check matrix initial value table including the following, 113 1557 3316 5680 6241 10407 13404 13947 14040 14353 15522 15698 16079 17363 19374 19543 20530 22833 24339 271 1361 6236 7006 7307 7333 12768 15441 15568 17923 18341 20321 21502 22023 23938 25351 25590 25876 25910 73 605 872 4008 6279 7653 10346 10799 12482 12935 13604 15909 16526 19782 20506 22804 23629 24859 25600 1445 1690 4304 4851 8919 9176 9252 13783 16076 16675 17274 18806 18882 20819 21958 22451 23869 23999 24177 1290 2337 5661 6371 8996 10102 10941 11360 12242 14918 16808 20571 23374 24046 25045 25060 25662 25783 25913 28 42 1926 3421 3503 8558 9453 10168 15820 17473 19571 19685 22790 23336 23367 23890 24061 25657 25680 0 1709 4041 4932 5968 7123 8430 9564 10596 11026 14761 19484 20762 20858 23803 24016 24795 25853 25863 29 1625 6500 6609 16831 18517 18568 18738 19387 20159 20544 21603 21941 24137 24269 24416 24803 25154 25395 55 66 871 3700 11426 13221 15001 16367 17601 18380 22796 23488 23938 25476 25635 25678 25807 25857 25872 1 19 5958 8548 8860 11489 16845 18450 18469 19496 20190 23173 25262 25566 25668 25679 25858 25888 25915 7520 7690 8855 9183 14654 16695 17121 17854 18083 18428 19633 20470 20736 21720 22335 23273 25083 25293 254.03 48 58 410 1299 3786 10668 18523 18963 20864 22106 22308 23033 23107 23128 23990 24286 24409 24595 25802 12 51 3894 6539 8276 10885 11644 12777 13427 14039 15954 17078 19053 20537 22863 24521 25087 25463 25838 3509 8748 9581 11509 15884 16230 17583 19264 20900 21001 21310 22547 22756 22959 24768 24814 25594 25626 25880 21 29 69 1448 2386 4601 6626 6667 10242 13141 13852 14137 18640 19951 22449 23454 24431 25512 25814 18 53 7890 9934 10063 16728 19040 19809 20825 21522 21800 23582 24556 25031 25547 25562 25733 25789 25906 4096 4582 5766 5894 6517 10027 12182 13247 15207 17041 18958 20133 20503 22228 24332 24613 25689 25855 25883 0 25 819 5539 7076 7536 7695 9532 13668 15051 17683 19665 20253 21996 24136 24890 25758 25784 25807 34 40 44 4215 6076 7427 7965 8777 11017 15593 19542 22202 22973 23397 23423 24418 24873 25107 25644 1595 6216 22850 25439 1562 15172 19517 22362 7508 12879 24324 24496 6298 15819 16757 18721 11173 15175 19966 21195 59 13505 16941 23793 2267 4830 12023 20587 8827 9278 13072 16664 14419 17463 23398 25348 6112 16534 20423 22698 493 8914 21103 24799 6896 12761 13206 25873 2 1380 12322 21701 11600 21306 25753 25790 8421 13076 14271 15401 9630 14112 19017 20955 212 13932 21781 25824 5961 9110 16654 19636 58 5434 9936 12770 6575 11433 19798 2731 7338 20926 14253 18463 25404 21791 24805 25869 2 11646 15850 6075 8586 23819 18435 22093 24852 2103 2368 11704 10925 17402 18232 9062 25061 25674 18497 20853 23404 18606 19364 19551 7 1022 25543 6744 15481 25868 9081 17305 25164 8 23701 25883 9680 19955 22848 56 4564 19121 5595 15086 25892 3174 17127 23183 19397 19817 20275 12561 24571 25825 7111 9889 25865 19104 20189 21.851 549 9686 25548 6586 20325 25906 3224 20710 21637 641 15215 25754 13484 23729 25818 2043 7493 24246 16860 25230 25768 22047 24200 24902 9391 18040 19499 7855 24336 25069 23834 25570 25852 1977 8800 25756 6671 21772 25859 3279 6710 24444 24099 25117 25820 5553 12306 25915 48 11107 23907 10832 11974 25773 2223 17905 25484 16782 17135 20446 475 2861 3457 16218 22449 24362 11716 22200 25897 8315 15009 22633 13 20480 25852 12352 18658 25687 3681 14794 23703 30 24531 25846 4103 22077 24107 23837 25622 25812 3627 13387 25839 908 5367 19388 0 6894 25795 20322 23546 25181 8178 25260 25437 2449 13244 22565 31 18928 22741 1312 5134 14838 6085 13937 24220 66 14633 25670 47 22512 25472 8867 24704 25279 6742 21623 22745 147 9948 24178 8522 24261 24307 19202 22406
 24609. 12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the LDPC code uses a parity check matrix, which includes an information matrix part and a parity matrix part.
 13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the LDPC codeword includes information bits and parity bits; and the information matrix part corresponds to the information bits and the parity matrix part corresponds to the parity bits.
 14. The method according to claim 13, wherein the parity matrix part is a lower bidiagonal matrix, in which elements of “1” are arranged in a step-wise fashion.
 15. The method according to claim 13, wherein the information matrix part is represented by the parity check matrix initial value table, and the parity check matrix initial value table is a table showing in an i-th row, i>0, positions of elements “1” in (1+360×(i−1))-th column of the information matrix part.
 16. The method according to claim 15, wherein if a length of the parity bit of the LDPC codeword is represented by M, the z+360×(i−1)-th column of the parity check matrix, z>1, is obtained by the cyclic shift of the (z−1)+360×(i−1)-th column of the parity check matrix indicating a position of an element “1” in the parity check matrix initial value table downward by q=M/360.
 17. The method according to claim 16, wherein as for each column from the 2+360×(i−1)-th column to a 360×i-th column being the column other than the 1+360×(i−1)-th column of the parity check matrix, if an i-th row j-th column value of the parity check matrix initial value table is represented as hi, j and the row number of a j-th element “l” of a w-th column of the parity check matrix is represented as Hw-j, a row number Hw-j of the j-th element “1” of the w-th column being the column other than the 1+360×(i−1)-th column of the parity check matrix is represented by the equation Hw-j=mod (hi,j+mod ((w−1), 360)× M/360, M).
 18. The method according to claim 12, wherein the parity check matrix has no cycle-4.
 19. The method according to claim 11, wherein receiving the encoded data further comprises receiving the encoded data by means of a tuner.
 20. A non-transitory computer readable medium including computer executable instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a method comprising: receiving encoded data, each 8 bits of which mapped to one of 256 signal points of a modulation method; processing the encoded data to produce a group-wise interleaved low density parity check (LDPC) codeword; processing the group-wise interleaved LDPC codeword in a unit of a bit group of 360 bits to produce an LDPC codeword of an LDPC code; wherein an (i+1)-th bit group from a head of the LDPC codeword of the LDPC code is indicated by a bit group i, the LDPC codeword of the LDPC code has a sequence of bit groups 0 to 179, and the group-wise interleaved LDPC codeword has a following sequence of bit groups, 58, 70, 23, 32, 26, 63, 55, 48, 35, 41, 53, 20, 38, 51, 61, 65, 44, 29, 7, 2, 113, 68, 96, 104, 106, 89, 27, 0, 119, 21, 4, 49, 46, 100, 13, 36, 57, 98, 102, 9, 42, 39, 33, 62, 22, 95, 101, 15, 91, 25, 93, 132, 69, 87, 47, 59, 67, 124, 17, 11, 31, 43, 40, 37, 85, 50, 97, 140, 45, 92, 56, 30, 34, 60, 107, 24, 52, 94, 64, 5, 71, 90, 66, 103, 88, 86, 84, 19, 169, 159, 147, 126, 28, 130, 14, 162, 144, 166, 108, 153, 115, 135, 120, 122, 112, 139, 151, 156, 16, 172, 164, 123, 99, 54, 136, 81, 105, 128, 116, 150, 155, 76, 18, 142, 170, 175, 83, 146, 78, 109, 73, 131, 127, 82, 167, 77, 110, 79, 137, 152, 3, 173, 148, 72, 158, 11.7, 1, 6, 12, 8, 161, 74, 143, 133, 168, 171, 134, 163, 138, 121, 141, 160, 111, 10, 149, 80, 75, 165, 157, 174, 129, 145, 114, 125, 154, 118, 176, 177, 178, and 179; decoding the LDPC codeword of the LDPC code to produce decoded data; and processing the decoded data for presentation; wherein the LDPC code has a length N of 64800 bits and a coding rate r of 9/15 and corresponds to a parity check matrix initial value table including the following, 113 1557 3316 5680 6241 10407 13404 13947 14040 14353 15522 15698 16079 17363 19374 19543 20530 22833 24339 271 1361 6236 7006 7307 7333 12768 15441 15568 17923 18341 20321 21502 22023 23938 25351 25590 25876 25910 73 605 872 4008 6279 7653 10346 10799 12482 12935 13604 15909 16526 19782 20506 22804 23629 24859 25600 1445 1690 4304 4851 8919 9176 9252 13783 16076 16675 17274 18806 18882 20819 21958 22451 23869 23999 24177 1290 2337 5661 6371 8996 10102 10941 11360 12242 14918 16808 20571 23374 24046 25045 25060 25662 25783 25913 28 42 1926 3421 3503 8558 9453 10168 15820 17473 19571 19685 22790 23336 23367 23890 24061 25657 25680 0 1709 4041 4932 5968 7123 8430 9564 10596 11026 14761 19484 20762 20858 23803 24016 24795 25853 25863 29 1625 6500 6609 16831 18517 18568 18738 19387 20159 20544 21603 21941 24137 24269 24416 24803 25154 25395 55 66 871 3700 11426 13221 15001 16367 17601 18380 22796 23488 23938 25476 25635 25678 25807 25857 25872 1 19 5958 8548 8860 11489 16845 18450 18469 19496 20190 23173 25262 25566 25668 25679 25858 25888 25915 7520 7690 8855 9183 14654 16695 17121 17854 18083 18428 19633 20470 20736 21720 22335 23273 25083 25293 254.03 48 58 410 1299 3786 10668 18523 18963 20864 22106 22308 23033 23107 23128 23990 24286 24409 24595 25802 12 51 3894 6539 8276 10885 11644 12777 13427 14039 15954 17078 19053 20537 22863 24521 25087 25463 25838 3509 8748 9581 11509 15884 16230 17583 19264 20900 21001 21310 22547 22756 22959 24768 24814 25594 25626 25880 21 29 69 1448 2386 4601 6626 6667 10242 13141 13852 14137 18640 19951 22449 23454 24431 25512 25814 18 53 7890 9934 10063 16728 19040 19809 20825 21522 21800 23582 24556 25031 25547 25562 25733 25789 25906 4096 4582 5766 5894 6517 10027 12182 13247 15207 17041 18958 20133 20503 22228 24332 24613 25689 25855 25883 0 25 819 5539 7076 7536 7695 9532 13668 15051 17683 19665 20253 21996 24136 24890 25758 25784 25807 34 40 44 4215 6076 7427 7965 8777 11017 15593 19542 22202 22973 23397 23423 24418 24873 25107 25644 1595 6216 22850 25439 1562 15172 19517 22362 7508 12879 24324 24496 6298 15819 16757 18721 11173 15175 19966 21195 59 13505 16941 23793 2267 4830 12023 20587 8827 9278 13072 16664 14419 17463 23398 25348 6112 16534 20423 22698 493 8914 21103 24799 6896 12761 13206 25873 2 1380 12322 21701 11600 21306 25753 25790 8421 13076 14271 15401 9630 14112 19017 20955 212 13932 21781 25824 5961 9110 16654 19636 58 5434 9936 12770 6575 11433 19798 2731 7338 20926 14253 18463 25404 21791 24805 25869 2 11646 15850 6075 8586 23819 18435 22093 24852 2103 2368 11704 10925 17402 18232 9062 25061 25674 18497 20853 23404 18606 19364 19551 7 1022 25543 6744 15481 25868 9081 17305 25164 8 23701 25883 9680 19955 22848 56 4564 19121 5595 15086 25892 3174 17127 23183 19397 19817 20275 12561 24571 25825 7111 9889 25865 19104 20189 21.851 549 9686 25548 6586 20325 25906 3224 20710 21637 641 15215 25754 13484 23729 25818 2043 7493 24246 16860 25230 25768 22047 24200 24902 9391 18040 19499 7855 24336 25069 23834 25570 25852 1977 8800 25756 6671 21772 25859 3279 6710 24444 24099 25117 25820 5553 12306 25915 48 11107 23907 10832 11974 25773 2223 17905 25484 16782 17135 20446 475 2861 3457 16218 22449 24362 11716 22200 25897 8315 15009 22633 13 20480 25852 12352 18658 25687 3681 14794 23703 30 24531 25846 4103 22077 24107 23837 2.5622 25812 3627 13387 25839 908 5367 19388 0 6894 25795 20322 23546 25181 8178 25260 25437 2449 13244 22565 31 18928 22741 1312 5134 14838 6085 13937 24220 66 14633 25670 47 22512 25472 8867 24704 25279 6742 21623 22745 147 9948 24178 8522 24261 24307 19202 22406
 24609. 